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| name = Bahawal Victoria Hospital<br>{{nq|بہاول وکٹوریہ سپتال}}
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[[File:White and Yellow - Bahawal Victoria Hospital.jpg|alt=MS Office BVH|thumb|MS Office Bahawal Victoria Hospital]]
'''Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH)''' ({{langx|ur|بہاول وکٹوریہ سپتال}}) is a hospital located in [[Bahawalpur]], [[Pakistan]]. It is named after [[Nawab of Bahawalpur]]'s British wife, Victoria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2345492/bahawalpur-cemetery-a-royal-remembrance|title=Bahawalpur cemetery: A royal remembrance |date=February 27, 2022|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

== History ==
It started as a [[Civil Hospital]] with an outdoor department, a [[dispensary]], and an [[operating theatre]] in 1876. In 1906, this health unit was named Bahawal Victoria Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/200511|title=BVH centenary slips unnoticed|last=Gill|first=Majeed|date=2006-07-08|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref> Now, it is a hub of clinical expertise both in specialties and sub-specialties with a multitude of patients visiting the hospital. In 1952, a benevolent extension of Nursing School was brought about to offer prompt basic health amenities. Classes leading to L.S.M.F were also started in 1956.<ref>{{Citation|last=Chaudhry|first=Ammar|title=Bahawal Victoria Hospital|date=2009-08-08|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ammarkh/3804464335/|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hospital.move.pk/about.php|title=Bahawal Victoria Hospital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drnajeeblectures.com/qaid-e-azam-medical-college/|title=QAMC - Quaid e Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.|website=Dr. Najeeb Lectures|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1549247/1-deplorable-condition-bahawal-victoria-hospital-royal-mess/|title=Bahawal Victoria Hospital is a 'royal mess'|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2017-11-04|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref> Its nexus with [[Quaid-e-Azam Medical College]] ([[QAMC]]) in 1970 has transformed it into one of the largest [[tertiary care]] facilities in the province of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]].

It is now a 2200-bed, fully equipped, [[Tertiary Care Hospital|tertiary-care hospital]] with all medical and surgical specialities, serving large number of patients in [[Punjab (region)|south Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Atif|first1=Muhammad|last2=Azeem|first2=Muhammad|last3=Sarwar|first3=Muhammad Rehan|last4=Shahid|first4=Samia|last5=Javaid|first5=Sidra|last6=Ikram|first6=Huria|last7=Baig|first7=Uzma|last8=Scahill|first8=Shane|date=2016-11-08|title=WHO/INRUD prescribing indicators and prescribing trends of antibiotics in the Accident and Emergency Department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Pakistan|journal=SpringerPlus|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=1928|doi=10.1186/s40064-016-3615-1|pmid=27933228|issn=2193-1801|pmc=5099312 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-17|title=No general health care yet at Bahawal Victoria Hospital-II, dedicated for Covid-19 patients|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1574806|access-date=2022-02-25|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref> It facilitates undergraduate medical students of [[Quaid-e-Azam Medical College]], nursing students of allied [[nursing school]], [[paramedic]]s and many post-graduate trainees.<ref>{{citation |title=Bahawalpur: Area and Population |url=http://www.bahawalpur.gov.pk/area.htm |publisher=Official Bahawalpur Government Website |accessdate=2010-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109084354/http://www.bahawalpur.gov.pk/area.htm |archive-date=2010-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Units and departments ==

* Department of Medicine (consists of four wards/units)
* Department of Surgery (consists of four wards/units)
* Department of [[Obstetrics]] and [[Gynaecology]] (consists of two wards/units)
* Department of [[Paediatrics]] (consists of two wards/units)
* Department of Allied Medicine
** [[Cardiology]]/CCU unit
** [[Nephrology]]/[[Kidney dialysis|Dialysis]] unit
** [[Pulmonology]]/Chest Diseases unit
** [[Dermatology]] unit
** [[Psychiatry]]/[[Behavioural sciences|Behavioural Sciences]] unit
* Department of Allied Surgery (consists of two units of each of
** [[Otolaryngology]] (two units)
** [[Ophthalmology]] (two units)
** [[Plastic surgery|Plastic]]/[[Reconstructive surgery|Reconstructive Surgery]]
** [[Orthopedic surgery|Orthopedic Surgery]]
** [[Urology]]
** [[Neurosurgery]]
** Accidents and [[Emergency department|Emergency Department]]
** [[Pediatric surgery|Paediatric Surgery]]
* Department of [[Radiology]] and Medical Imaging
* Department of [[Pathology]]/Medical Laboratory Sciences
** [[Histopathology]] section
** [[Haematology]] section
** [[Microbiology]] section
** Chemical Pathology section
** Molecular Biology/PCR section
** [[Endocrinology]] section
* Department of [[Physiotherapy]]
* Department of [[Public health|Public Health]]/[[Public health|Community Medicine]]

== References ==
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{{Bahawalpur}}

[[Category:Hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:1876 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bahawalpur]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1876]]

Bahawal Victoria Hospital - Revision history

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