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The Department of Urology,
Dialysis & Kidney Transplant was established in 1981.
Prof. Farrukh Ahmad Khan took over
as first head of the department, at PGMI / Lahore General
Hospital, Lahore.
Now the department is having state
of the art facilities. We have 40 indoor beds & 3
isolation rooms, a separate space for OPD and 33
haemodialysis machines working in three shifts. All
patients of Chronic Renal Failure are getting the
medicines from hospital. We are recognized unit for kidney
transplant by HOTA Punjab & subsequent immunosuppresion is
also provided by the hospital. Extracorporeal Shockwave
(Lithotripsy) is available for kidney stones, Minimal
invasive surgery for lower urinary tract like TUR-P, TUR-BT,
Internal Urethrotomy, Litholapexy. Ureterorenoscopy,
Pneumatic Lithotripsy, PCNL, Laproscopic urological
procedures and laser enucelation of prostate are regularly
being performed in the department. Laser is also used for
breaking stones anywhere in the urinary system and
treating bad stricture. The facilities mentioned above are
most modern and we have now entered into an era of non
invasive and minimal invasive surgery. With these
facilities we are comparable any department of urology in
Pakistan.
We have 20 Postgraduate students status amongst which 17
are enrolled as M. S & 3 are as FCPS residents.
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