King Edward Medical University formerly known as King Edward Medical College is the oldest medical school in Pakistan. Mayo Hospital is the attached hospital, which was built in 1872 and was named after Lord Mak Mayo. King Edward Medical University is the oldest educational institute in Pakistan. King Edward Medical University is supervising Seven Tertiary care hospitals in Lahore as its teaching Hospitals.
History
King Edward Medical University was established in 1860 as the Lahore Medical College. It is the fourth oldest medical school in South Asia, after Medical College Kolkata(January 28 1835), Madras Medical College, Chennai (February 2 1835) and Grant Medical College, Bombay (1845)
The first academic building was completed in 1883.
On December 21, 1911, Lahore Medical College was renamed King Edward Medical College in Honor of the late King and Emperor and was elevated to the status of an independent, degree-granting university on May 12, 2005, when it became King Edward Medical University.[1]
Campus and departments
The university has the following departments.
Basic science departments
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Community Medicine
Forensic Medicine
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Histology
Medicine and allied departments
Cardiology
Tuberculosis and Chest Medicine (Pulmonology)
Clinical Oncology (Radiotherapy)
Child Psychiatry
Dermatology Unit I and II
Neurology
Pediatrics
General Medicine Unit I, II, III and IV
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
The psychiatry department of KEMU has been designated status of Psychotrauma Centre for province of Punjab by Prime Ministers National Advisory Council in the aftermath of killings at Army Public School, Peshawar killings in 2014. This centre is created to conduct workshops on trauma, identify and train team of mental health professionals and develop modules for training. [2] The department is being headed by Prof. Aftab Asif. The chief coordinator is Dr Ali Madeeh Hashmi. A technical expert committee has been made with prominent psychiatrists and psychologists from Punjab. The centre held its first workshop for First responders team and trained professionals from 1122 rescue service, traffic police, and Punjab police officers in 'Psychological First Aid' on Jan 17, 2015. Next workshop was carried out on Feb 07, 2015. Media professionals from different genre were included and topics such as responsible reporting of terrorist activities, mental health problems faced by media personnels and the dynamics between government , media and terrorism highlighted the programme.
Radiotherapy
Social and Preventive Medicine
Preventive Pediatrics
Surgery and allied departments
Anesthesiology unit I and II
Cardiac Surgery
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit I, II, III and IV
Ophthalmology unit I, II and III
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Orthopedics Unit I and II
Otorhinolaryngology Unit I and II
Pediatric Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Radiology
General Surgery Unit I, II, III and IV
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
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