Kharadar General Hospital
| Kharadar General Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Nawab Mahabat Khanji Road, Dharamsala Kharadar, Karachi |
| Coordinates | 24°51′13″N 66°59′43″E / 24.853651°N 66.995216°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Private Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1918 |
| Links | |
| Website | kharadarhospital |
Kharadar General Hospital, formerly known as Cement Hospital, (Urdu: کھارادر جنرل ہسپتال) is a non-profit 250-bed teaching and tertiary-care hospital situated on Nawab Mahabat Khanji Road in the historic port-side quarter of Kharadar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It serves the densely populated, low-income neighbourhoods of Kharadar, Mithadar and Lyari.
History
Kharadar General Hospital was founded in 1918 by local philanthropists as a domiciliary midwifery service, when Karachi was struggling with plague and smallpox.[1][2] In 1934, the Hindu philanthropist Seth Aesar Das and his son Aasan Mill donated a large endowment for a permanent maternity home; Mrs R. E. Gibson laid the foundation stone the same year.[3] Lady Graham inaugurated the 50-bed “Cement Maternity Home” in 1936, a nickname inspired by its exposed-cement façade, and the facility continued to operate after the Partition under mayor Jamshed N. Mehta.[4]
Through the second half of the twentieth century the hospital expanded its facilities: an evening dispensary opened in 1952, diagnostic services started in 1958, and a neonatal nursery in 1993.[3] In 1995, it was formally renamed as Kharadar General Hospital.[3]
In 2007, Professor Abdul Ghaffar Billoo Operation Complex, comprising six operating rooms was opened. It was named in recognition of Abdul Ghaffar Billoo.[3]
In 2013, an obstetrics and gynecology block was inaugurated at Kharadar General Hospital.[5]
In 2016, Dow University of Health Sciences granted Kharadar General Hospital School of Nursing permission to initiate a graduate program in addition to Post-RN and BSCN programs.[6]
References
- ^ Samia Saleem (15 January 2012). "Beaming with pride: Kharadar General Hospital revamps its radiology unit". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Kharadar Hospital: Celebrating 75 years with 1,000 patients and free medical camp". The Express Tribune. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Kharadar General Hospital 1918–2018". Business Recorder. Business Recorder. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "ISO-certified tertiary care hospital". Business Recorder. Business Recorder. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Kharadar residents ecstatic about new hospital block". The Express Tribune. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Professional caretakers: New batch of nursing students takes oath at Kharadar hospital". The Express Tribune. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2023.