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- Islamabad has nine hospitals. The number has reduced from 12 in 2008, as the subject of health was
devolved to the provinces that year.
In addition, there are 5,527 Basic Health Units, 686 Rural Health Center and 5,671 dispensaries.
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Hospital Beds
Pakistan has a total of 132,227 inpatient and critical hospital beds. Following is the breakdown:
- Islamabad: 2,571
- Punjab: 60,191
- Sindh: 39,564
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: – 22,154
- Balochistan: 7,747
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Medical Staff
In total there are 220,829 registered doctors in Pakistan, both at private and public hospitals, as per the
ministry of finance’s economic survey 2018-2019.
- Dentists: 22,595
- Nurses: 108,474
That means there is one doctor for 963 persons and one hospital bed for 1,608 persons.
Health Spending
Pakistan ranks 152 out of 189 countries, therefore in the medium slot, on the United Nation’s Human
Development Index 2019. Iran, on the other hand, ranked on the higher side.
According to the ministry of finance’s economic survey, Pakistan’s “spending on health has been less
than 1% of GDP since decades.”
- Punjab in its 2019-2020 budget increase the health budget in the province by 20% in comparison to the
previous year, allocating a sum of Rs279bn
- Sindh in the same financial year increased its budget by 19% to Rs.114.4 billion.
Note: The data does not include private hospitals and those run by the Armed Forces