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The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (J.P.M.C., also known as Jinnah Hospital, Karachi) is located at Rafiqui Shaheed Road in Karachi Cantonment area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1][2][3] In 2015, approximately one million patients visit the hospital complex annually and it is considered one of the biggest government-operated hospitals in Karachi.[1]
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre | |
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Geography | |
Location | Rafiqui Shaheed Road, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 24°51′N 67°03′E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Teaching, District General |
Affiliated university | Dow Medical College Jinnah Sindh Medical University |
Patron | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 1600 |
History | |
Former name(s) | Jinnah Central Hospital |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the founder of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was asked for approval to lend his name to the hospital. Jinnah granted the approval with the condition that the hospital be opened to the public.
In 1952, Dow Medical College was attached with the Jinnah Central Hospital. Then after a consolidation of many departments and laboratories in the area, an updated medical institution was opened. The opening ceremony was a big event on 11 April 1959 with President of Pakistan Ayub Khan addressing the audience on the occasion.[2]
In 2007, then Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz formally spoke at the foundation-stone laying ceremony of JPMC Medical Towers and a five-star hotel project.[4]
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