DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRIC & GYNAECOLOGY UNIT –II LADY WILLINGDON HOSPITAL, LAHORE
Prof. Ahmed Wasim Yusuf MBBS, MCPS, MS Professor of Gynaecology

BRIEF HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION

Cradled by Lahore City’s most recognized landmarks, the Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque and Minar-i-Pakistan, lies the Lady Willingdon Hospital, spread over an area of 104 Kanals with a covered area of 193489 square feet.

In 1930 Tikka Devi Health Centre was opened as an outpatient clinic for women. In 1933 the foundation stone of Lady Willingdon Hospital was laid down by Lt. Col. S.N. Hayes who was the first medical superintendent of the hospital. He is also credited for creating the pathology museum of this hospital. The hospital, as affiliated with the King Edward Medical College, Lahore the same year. The hospital has been a teaching institution since its inception. The hospital attracts health visitors, nurses, medical undergraduates and postgraduates for training.

There is a long list of famous names who have been associated with its 73 years history. Before independence, Col. Hayes and his clinical assistances, Dr. Heppolette and Dr. Sant Ram Dhal, served with a missionary zeal. Col. Sami and Dr. Balqees Fatima were amongst the first Pakistanis to be at Lady Willingdon. Professor Ahmed Shafqat Yusuf joined the hospital in 1948 as a clinical assistant, became professor in 1959 and retired in 1980 after being here for 32 years, probably the longest association. Professor Noor Ahmed Seyal made the hospital famous in the sixties and seventies while the leading names in gynecology, like (late) Professor Nasim Ara Shah, Professor Iqbal Rashid Mian, Professor Fakhar-un-Nisa, Professor Munawar Zaheen, Professor Salim Akhtar Mian, Professor Saad Rana, Professor T. Malik, Professor Fehmida Naheed, Professor Ghazala Mehmood, Professor Rashid Latif Khan, Professor Rehana Mehmood Malik, Professor Shaheena Asif, Professor Saeed, Professor Zahoor, Professor Farrukh Zaman, Professor Shahida Sheikh, Professor Nasim Niaz, have all been associated with it.

It is a combined maternity and gynecological hospital having 235 beds. Today there are three independent units each having three consultants, a senior registrar and registrar, eight medical officers, and eight house officers.

Professor Yasmin Raashid, Professor Ahmed Wasim Yousaf and Professor Tabinda Rana are the present Professor / Head of respective units.

Every unit has prenatal, postnatal, surgical isolation, private and postoperative care wards. Two outdoor emergency days, two investigation days, and two operation lists are allocated to each unit (over the week). There is a heavy workload with about 8000 deliveries, 3500 major and 9000 minor procedures are performed annually in the hospital’s two operation theaters and three labor rooms probably more than anywhere else in Pakistan.

A full-fledged Model Family Planning Clinic is attached to the Hospital. The hospital also has a nursing school, its own mosque, and drug store. There is 42 rooms doctor’s hostel and six residential flats. There are 16 private rooms. These rooms are air-conditioned and properly renovated. The whole hospital has backup electricity generation and independent water supply.

Since last year, every department of the Lady Willingdon Hospital has been repaired and renovated.

Lady Willingdon is a combined maternity and gynaecological hospital. Established 1933. The hospital affiliated with the King Edward Medical University, Lahore. It has been a teaching institution since 1933. The department of Gynaecology Unit II providing the professional training to paramedics nursing staff mid wifery staff lady health visitors under graduate medical students and post graduates. The Unit (II) has post graduate class room laboratory room a separate computer section one conference room a separate infertility clinic, independent ultrasonography and cardiotocography included in the ward, surgical ward , and isolation ward.

Group Photo of Obstetric & Gynaecology Unit-II

Faculty list

S.NO. NAME DESIGNATION QUALIFICATION
1. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Wasim Yusuf Professor of Gynaecology MBBS, MCPS, MS
2. Dr. Ayesha Malik Associate Professor MBBS, FCPS, MRCOG
3. Dr. Uzma Yuqub Senior Registrar MBBS, FCPS
4. Dr. Sarwar Rizvi Senior Registrar MBBS, FCPS
5. Dr. Tanveer Watto Senior Registrar MBBS, FCPS
6. Dr. Fouzia Umber Senior Registrar MBBS, FCPS
7. Dr. Tariq Masood Registrar MBBS,MCPS
8. Dr. Zafar Yusuf Registrar MBBS,MHM
9. Dr. Lamin Yusuf Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
10. Dr. Amina Amin Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
11. Dr. Jamil Johar Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
12. Dr. Ayesha Noor Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
13. Dr. Nomia Ashraf Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
14. Dr. Shahana Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
15. Dr. Ayesha Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
16. Dr. Uzma Rabbani Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
17. Dr. Nabeela Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
18. Dr. Razia Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
19. Dr. Naila Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
20. Dr. Shehla Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
21. Dr. Sadia Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
22. Dr. Umarah Postgraduate Training MBBS, FCPS 1
23. Dr. Rabia House Officer MBBS
24. Dr. Sabahat House Officer MBBS
25. Dr. Uzma Malik House Officer MBBS
26. Dr. Aqsa House Officer MBBS
27. Dr. Nadia House Officer MBBS
28. Dr. Aysha House Officer MBBS
29. Dr. Sadaf House Officer MBBS
30. Dr. Adnan House Officer MBBS

Teaching Programs

Postgraduate Programs

1. MS (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
2. FCPS (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
3. MRCOG

Undergraduate Programs

1. Paramedics
2. 4th Year MBBS
3. 5TH Year MBBS

Academic Research Activities

The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology has the honour of having arrange International and National Conferences in Pakistan regarding Urogynecology and Tubal Micro surgery. The National workshops and conferences of various sub-specialiaties of Obstetrics & Gynaecology have also been held during the last decade.

Undergraduate teaching and training is done by the consultants and junior specialists faculty members in lectures and practical demonstrations. Academic activities for postgraduate training include seminars General clubs and workshops in addition to daily on hand practical training.

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology unit-II is blessed with a vast reservoir of scientific information and data. The faulty embers and postgraduate trainees have availed opportunity to regular write research papers and dissertation.