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Capabilities of Surgical Team

a. Round the clock surgical cover to the UNMIL and Civil clientele with the capability of performing all types of major life and limb saving emergency surgical procedures.

b. Performing major operations in fields of Orthopedics, Urology, Vascular, Thoracic, in addition to General Surgery.

c. Performing 8-10 elective surgical procedures in two elective surgery lists per week.

d. It performed 5-10 minor surgery cases daily under monitored local anaesthesia in Trauma center and civilian Operation Theatre.

e. Functioning a Surgical Out Patient Clinic on daily basis to provide consultation and preoperative work up to UNMIL troops, UN employees and civilian population.

f. Providing surgical cover to the referral cases from DDRR who were old war victims due to bullet injuries and bomb blast injuries. They were provided surgical care along with physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

3. Spectrum of Surgical Cases A large variety of both emergency and elective surgical cases were successfully managed in Pakistan Field Level II Hospital 1during the year.

a. Trauma Cases The whole spectrum of Blunt and Penetrating injuries causing hemorrhagic shock were treated in main Operation Theatre, Trauma Centre and Intensive Treatment Centre.

War Injuries : War Injuries included high velocity bullet injuries, shrapnel injuries due to mortar shells and bomb blasts, penetrating stab wounds to neck, chest, abdomen, groin and limbs.

Road Traffic Accidents: A large number of road traffic accident cases were treated round the year in this hospital. They included head injuries, maxillofacial injuries, chest trauma, fractures of lumbo-sacral spine with spinal shock and paraplegia, fractures of long bones including fracture dislocations of hip joint, fractures of pelvis, shaft of femur and tibia, variety of fractures of humerus, radius and ulna.

b. Surgical Emergencies It included cases of acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute intestinal obstruction, haematemesis, haematurea, acute urinary retention, ectopic pregnancies, post partum haemorrhage and menorrhagia.

c. Elective Surgical Cases It included variety of inguinal hernias, varicose veins, fistula in Ano, Haemorrhoides, perianal diseases, lipomas, sebaceous cysts etc.