INTRODUCTION:
The Burns Centre is established at the heritage-protected building Jubilee Block, Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, under the patronage of a philanthropic group “FRIENDS OF BURNS CENTRE – Patient Welfare Society” in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Government of Sindh, to operate according to international standards. It is also a model project of Public – Private Partnership.
The Honorable Governor of Sindh, Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan, inaugurated the Burns Centre on Monday 13, December, 2004.
Developing the Burns Centre was by no means less than a Herculean task. The 120 year Jubilee Block building which houses the Burns Centre, an exceedingly beautiful architectural marvel of yore – of late in a neglected and dilapidated state and adjudged to be brought down but protected by heritage laws; was restored to its original grandeur, inch by inch; unmindful of the expense. An annex was annexed to provide for administrative facilities.
The second stage commenced with lacing the centre with top-of-the-line medical equipment’s especially required for the treatment of burns, on the voluntary advice of experts of respective fields.
After painstaking efforts a unique facility emerged on the medical map of Pakistan.
The Burns Centre is also engaged in research and training of the medical professionals in the discipline of Burns Care & Plastic Surgery.
PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHMENT:
In order to provide quality healthcare to patients / victims of burns injuries. And there was the urgent need to upgrade the Burns Unit into a full-fledged Burns Care Centre and Centre of Excellence.
MISSION:
The mission of the Friends of Burns Centre is to act as a model, international standard state-of-the-art Burns Centre, dedicated to the prevention, free treatment and care of the poor and the needy burns victims/patients.
TREATMENT:
The Burns Centre is a 66-bed burns care facility in the country that has been providing all medical and operational services to each burns patients/victim 100% free of charge.
AIMS & OBJECTIVE:
State-of-the-art patients care facility for poor and needy.
Centre of excellence for training and teaching facilities for the undergraduate, Postgraduates. Continuous medical education. Paramedics / Physiotherapist / Lab Technician etc.
Research is one of the foremost priorities of this centre; data is being collected, studied, compiled and published.
Prevention of Burns: Many research studies have been conducted over the years regarding the causes of burns. Preventing accidental burns is possible only by making the susceptible people aware of the causes and methods of prevention through newspaper articles, radio programmes, leaflets, seminars and mother-child health facilities, etc.
MEDICAL FACALITIES:
- Capacity of 66 beds for Burn victims.
- 9 bedded Intensive Care Unit with Ventilators for Males.
- 9 bedded Intensive Care Unit with Ventilators for Females.
- 6 bedded Intensive Care Unit with Ventilator for Paeds.
- Well equipped 2 Operation Theaters.
- 24 hours Emergency treatment facility.
- Centralized Oxygen Supply system to all component units.
- Well stocked Pharmacy to meet all contingencies under two qualified pharmacists.
- Two professional Physiotherapists engaged to help the traumatic.
- X-Ray Machines are some of the other exceptional features of the medical infrastructure.
- Central Sterilization Department for preparation of sterile dressings and surgical instruments.
- Separate Dressings Rooms for – Males – Females & Pediatrics.
- Disaster Cupboard storing all kinds of emergent medicines and dressings for 30 persons.
- 100% FREE OF COST round the clock care and cure facilities for all.
- Blood Bank Facility.
OPERATIONAL FACILITIES:
- Meticulously selected medical and Para-medical staff.
- Acquisition of top-of-the-line equipment and up-gradation of existing undertaken without any compromise on quality.
- Effective infection control, stringent sterilization measures, safe disposal of hospital waste.
- Clean and healthy environment.