Mobinur Rehman, Rizwana Tareen, Attiqueur Rehman Zubari, Binav Shreshta.
History of Paediatrics in Pakistan.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(3):610-2.

In 1947 there was no specialty of pediatrics in either Pakistan or India, and General Medicine incorporated every specialty. In this atmosphere Dr SMK Wasti started the first children outpatient department, on 4th February, 1948 at Mayo Hospital, Lahore. In 1950, a small forsaken building in Mayo hospital was renovated by the philanthropist (Mrs. Saeeda Whaeed) and a 20 bedded children ward was established. A Hundred bedded hospital was established at Karachi in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre from 1956 with both medical and surgical beds. Towards 1962, the Diploma in Child Health was instituted for the first time in the history of Pakistan, pediatrics became a postgraduate subject, and the children Department of Mayo Hospital became the teaching base for this important specialty. In the North-West Frontier Province on August 1971, a separate ward was given for the Pediatric Unit consisting of 30 beds. In 1974, the Pediatric Unit was upgraded to a full-fledged professional Department. In the province of Balochistan, the department of Pediatrics was established in Bolan Medical College since its inception.

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