EAST MEDICAL WARD
PROF. DR. M. ZAFAR ULLAH KHAN MBBS (KE), MD (USA), MCPS (Chest Disease), FCCP (USA), FCPS (Internal Medicine) Professor of Medicine & Vice Chancellor King Edward Medical University, Lahore

Brief History & Introduction

As old as Mayo Hospital itself, East Medical Ward is the unit I of department of medicine being headed by Vice Chancellor of King Edward Medical University & Allied Hospitals, Lahore, Prof. Dr. M. Zafar Ullah Khan. It hosts state of the art academic facilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At present, 20 postgraduate doctors are completing their training in this unit.

The unit handles medical emergency patients 36 hours a week and offers outpatient services twice a week.

The ward has 44 beds extendable up to 65. The ward offers multiple services, most of which are run on self help basis as follows:

1. Laboratory providing routine investigations for admitted patients

2. Endoscopy section providing facilities for:

a. Bronchoscopy
b. Gastroscopy
c. Colonoscopy
d. Rigid sigmoidoscopy
e. ERCP

Being the official unit for endoscopy, these services are available for all patients coming to Mayo Hospital on minimal charges.

3. Ultrasonography & echocardiography are available for admitted patients of this ward free of cost.

4. Hemodialysis unit hosts four hemodialysis machines and shares the major part of the load on Mayo Hospital. These services are provided free of cost with the support of Hope Kidney Foundation.

5. Diabetic Clinic is a prestigious outpatient outlet of our department and deals with major bulk of diabetic patients visiting Mayo Hospital.

The research and academic setup of this ward is well reputed. We host our own LAN (local area network) with internet facility. All possible services are available related to data collection and interpretation. Out doctors are well versed with computers and make maximum use of the available services.

Our library/reading room hosts assess to maximum number of books and review articles on computer and internet.

East Medical Ward contributes to postgraduate education directly by organizing multiple intensive courses on yearly basis e.g. Annual Course on Diabetes Mellitus & Postgraduate Training Course on the diseases of chest and heart.

Faculty List

1. PROF. M. ZAFAR ULLAH KHAN
MBBS (KE), MD (USA), MCPS (Chest Disease),
FCCP (USA), FCPS (Internal Medicine)
Professor of Medicine

2. DR. BILQUIS SHABBIR
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
MBBS, FCPS

3. DR. SHAHID SARWAR
Assistant Professor of Medicine
MBBS, FCPS (Medicine), FCPS (Gastroenterology)

4. DR. ADIL IQBAL
Senior Registrar
MBBS, FCPS (Internal Medicine)

5. DR. SAMAR FIRDOUS
Senior Registrar
MBBS, FCPS (Internal Medicine)

6. DR. SHAZIA JAMIL
Senior Registrar
MBBS, FCPS (Internal Medicine)

7. DR. RABIA RATHORE
Senior Registrar
MBBS, FCPS (Internal Medicine)

Medical Officers

1. Dr. Nasir Farooq Butt (Registrar)
2. Dr. Adnan Iqbal
3. Dr. Adnan Chaudhry

Postgraduate Trainees for FCPS

1. Dr. Ashfaq
2. Dr. Amina Malik
3. Dr. Afshan Ahmed
4. Dr. Mohsin Javed
5. Dr. Nazim Ali Khan
6. Dr. Abida
7. Dr. Maryam Farooq
8. Dr. Zill-e-Huma
9. Dr. Sadaf Shaheen
10. Dr. Rizwan Ahmad Yaqoob
11. Dr. Mamoor Kazmi
12. Dr. Moakal Hussain
13. Dr. Asif Haneef
14. Dr. Mehwish
15. Dr. Hassan
16. Dr. Hammad

Postgraduate Trainees for MD

1. Dr. Naeem Aslam
2. Dr. Ayub

Postgraduate Trainees for DFM

1. Dr. Sarfraz
2. Dr. Ahmed Naveed
3. Dr. Qasim
4. Dr. Zia

Group Photo East Mediacl Ward

Teaching Programms

1. Undergraduate Programm
a. 3rd Year MBBS
b. 4th Year MBBS
c. Final Year MBBS

2. Postgraduate Programme

a. FCPS
b. MD
c. MRCP
d. DFM

Research Projects

1. Safety Assessment Study of GW 677952----Phase-III Trial

2. Accuracy of Siri Raj Stroke score in differentiating cerebral hemorrhage from infarction.

3. Door to needle time and reversal of ECG changes of first attack of acute MI with streptokinase.

4. Etiology of Tetanus.

5. Comparison of Rosiglitazone and metformin in type II diabetes.

6. Prediction of hemorrhage by measuring portal vein diameter in patients of CLD.

7. Arrhythmias in first 24 hours after Acute MI.
8. Correlation of carotid Doppler studies and incidence of stroke.

9. Avandia 432 A 24 wk. open label, multicentre study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Rosiglitazone when administered to diabetics with NIDDM who are inadequately controlled on maintenance dose (1.5 – 2.5 g/day/ of metformin 2003-2004.

10. An Audit of Indoor morbidity and mortality in a medical ward at a tertiary care hospital. Abeer Qadir, Muhammad Arif Nadeem, Atif Munir, M. Zafar Ullah Khan. Annals of K.E. Vol. II. Jan – March. 2005.

11. Causes and out come of suicidal cases presented to Medical Ward.
Sara Shoaib, Muhammad Arif Nadeem, M. Zafar Ullah Khan. Jan. – March 2005.

12. A clinical audit on venous thrombo embolism prophylaxis of medical patients in West Medical Ward, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Talat Naheed, Abeer Qadir, Imran Ali, M. Nabeel Akbar, Omer Salahuddin, Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan. Annals of K.E.M.U. Apr. Jun 2006 Vol. 12.

13. Comparison of patterns of lipid profile in Type-2 diabetics and non-diabetics. Samar Firdous, Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan Vol. 13. Jan-Mar. 2007. Annals of K.E.M.U.

14. A randomized, double blind, parallel group placebo controlled multicentre study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of oral GTW 677954, Capsules 2-5 mg, 5 mg 10mg and 20 mg a day for 24 weeks in over weight dyslipidemic subjects (Ceased in Oct. 06 due to carcinogenesis in mice)

15. Risk Factors in the Transmission of Hepatitis B & C: A study of 100 cases of Chronic Liver Disease. Atif Munir & Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan.Esculapio. Journal of Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore. Vol. 01, Issue 02, July-September, 2005.

Dissertations/Synopsis

1. Comparison of lipid profile in diabetics and non diabetics.
(DR. Samar Firdaus (Approved)

2. Diabetes Mellitus in patients of decompensated cirrhosis due to hepatitis C Dr. Rabia Rathore (Approved)

3. Accuracy of Siri Raj Stroke score in differentiating cerebral haemorrhage from infarction. Dr. Nasir Farooq Butt (Approved).

4. Door to needle time and reversal of ECG changes of first attack of Acute Myocardial Infarction with streptokinase.
Dr. Adnan Chaudhry (Synopsis approved).

5. Co-relation of albuminurea and left ventricular mass in patients with type-2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Dr. Zubair (Synopsis approved)

6. Comparison of ciproflaxin and ceftrioxane in the management of SBP (synopsis sent). Dr. Hammad.

7. Comparison of diuretics and combination of diuretics with albumin in improving ascites of liver cirrhosis patients.
Dr. Asif Hanif (Synopsis sent)

8. Bed side diagnosis of SBP by using Reagent strip
Dr. Adnan Iqbal (Synopsis sent)

Services

• Patients admission, discharge and expiry record is maintained on register and their management and daily progress notes are maintained on separate charts of each patient. There charts are kept with us after discharge / expiry of patients.