Burn & Reconstructive Surgery Center – Allama Iqbal Medical College

Plastic Surgery, Allama Iqbal Medical College / Jinnah Hospital & Executive Director of Jinnah Burn & Reconstructive Surgery Centre, Lahore

Oxford Textbook of Plastic Surgery, Oxford University Press, U.K.
Clinical Application of Stem Cells, Vertag Berlin, Germany.
Handbook of Infection Control & Prevention, University of Health Sciences, Lahore.

Introduction of Department

A state of the art Jinnah Burn & Reconstructive Surgery Centre (JB&RSC) is an important milestone towards the initiatives of the Government of the Punjab. This is one of the largest well equipped, modern healthcare facilities in the public sector with a bed capacity of 78, commissioned in November 2014. It provides specialized treatment facility to major burn patients. The centre also provides limb replant services, post cancer ablative reconstruction and microsurgery services. JB&RSC has a modern ICU facility for burn victims, modular operation theatres and skin bank. We have our own dedicated Pathology Lab, Radiology and Physiotherapy Departments. We have total number of 387 employees including doctors, nurses, allied health services and ministerial staff etc. JB&RSC is a nerve centre to develop SOPs and treatment protocols for the management of acute burn victims in other burn centres across the province. It is also providing training in reconstructive and micro-vascular surgery skills to postgraduate students.

The Centre has its state of the art research laboratory in collaboration with Centre of Excellence in Microbiology (CEMB), University of the Punjab which is working on Stem Cells and Karatinocytes. This laboratory has recently developed Acellular Dermis to be used as skin substitute in burn and trauma patients. Annually, approximately a number of 31000 patients are seen in Out Patient Department (OPD), and major surgeries performed 3000 yearly in the centre.

Services

Acute Burn Management with ICU Care including provision of Skin Allografts is available.
Services for reconstruction of burn related complications including rehabilitation, occupational therapy and scar management are offered.
Reconstructive Surgery for Traumatic and Congenital Deformities is done.
Tumor board and multidisciplinary management of cancer patients including resection, reconstruction and rehabilitation are provided.
Microsurgery and limb replantation service is available.
Training in Burn Management and Reconstructive Microsurgery is provided.
The research in Stem Cell and Genetic Diseases is conducted here.
The department has largest number of plastic & reconstructive surgeons trained (greater than 60) in the country.
It is the first and the only Skin Bank in Pakistan.
It is the largest Limb Replantation Centre of the Country.
Stem Cell & Genetic Diseases Research Lab are established with GMP facility first time in the country.
It offers largest number of reconstructive microsurgery services in the country.