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Burn Center

In 2007, Rawalpindi Medical College Overseas Foundation, Inc. (RMCOF) opened a state of the art Burn Center at Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Mission Statement: “To provide optimal patient care through the skills of a multidisciplinary team of professionals dedicated to burn care, from the time of injury until the patient is ready for returning to normal life.”

              

Staff at RMCOF Burn Center, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Click here for details about patients treated at Rawalian Burn center from Feb 2007 to 2010.

        RAWALIANS BURN CENTRE
         RBC Performance  Feb 2007 to December 2009
Months No.of New Admissions Discharged Expired Still Admitted
Feb 07 -Dec 07 44 20 20 4
Jan 08  - Dec 08 53 35 15 3
Jan 09-   Dec 09 46 27 15 4
Total Patients 143 82 51 9
  Number   of   Out   Patients No of consultations    
Months OPD RBC Total Pts SUs HFH    
Feb 07-Dec 07 559 641 76    
   
Jan 08  - Dec 08 987 1090 334    
Jan 09-   Dec 09 1704 1704 124    
Total Patients 3250 3435 534    
  Number of Surgical Procedures    
  OT Hydrotheraphy    
Month UnderAnesthesia U/Anesthesia With out Anesthesia Total procedures  
Feb 07-   Dec 07 88 100 463 651  
 
Jan 08  - Dec 08 129 230 600 959  
Jan 09-   Dec 09 204 283 673 1160  

 

Burn Injuries Facts        

Facts:
75% Burns occur in woman & children 50% of these burns are preventable 75 % mortality in burns is due to infection
Comparative Mortality:
USA 3.9% Turkey 18.2% Taiwan 29.3% Pakistan 73.8% (Rawalpindi/Islamabad)
Comparative Mortality:
LA 50 (Burn Size Lethal to 50% Patients) USA: 81% TBSA Pakistan: Over 50% TBSA has almost 100% Mortality
Unacceptably high mortality in burn victims in Pakistan:
Total Admissions 294 Total Deaths 217 Mortality 73.8%
(Dawn January 6, 2003 )