Free Telemedicine Service
Lahore, April 06, 2020: Shalamar Hospital has launched a free online telemedicine service to offer medical advice to patients during the current lock down caused by COVID-19. Senior consultants of Shalamar Hospital will give free professional advice to patients through Skype. This service has been launched to help people receive medical advice at their homes, as due to the current lock down situation they are facing difficulties in going out of their homes. Shalamar Hospital is contributing to the society through this free of cost initiative whereby anyone can visit the dedicated page of telemedicine on the website of Shalamar Hospital for medical advice. Senior consultants of Shalamar Hospital from the department of Medicine, Gynaecology, Cardiology, Surgery and Paediatrics will offer instant medical advice to patients. The service is available everyday except Sunday from 9 am – 2 pm. According to Col. (R) Dr. Tanveer Rana, Chief Operating Officer, Shalamar Hospital, “In this moment of crisis, we stand with the people of Pakistan and we want them to know that Shalamar Hospital is striving to offer them experienced medical advice without the need to stepping out of their homes.” Dr. Tanveer Rana further said, “Using Skype, people can connect with our experienced team of doctors and seek medical advice for free. This will also reduce financial burden on our people.” For free online telemedicine service, patients can visit the website of Shalamar Hospital: https://shalamarhospital.org.pk/telemedicine/
Awareness Session on Acute Medicine and Critical Care
Business Planning and Development Department in collaboration with Acute Medicine and Critical Care Unit conducted an Awareness Session on Acute Medicine and Critical Care. The session was conducted by Prof. Dr. Mujeeb ur Rehman Abid Butt, Dr. Ahmed Nadeem and Dr. Abdul Salam. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Dr. Tanveer Rana also addressed the audience.
Sakina Begum Institute of Diabetes and Endocrine Research (SIDER) awareness camp
Sakina Begum Institute of Diabetes and Endocrine Research (SIDER) in collaboration with Akhuwat Foundation conducted an awareness camp on Saturday, 9th November 2019. The camp was conducted to spread awareness about Diabetes and curtail its incidence through education, prevention and monitoring. The attendees were also provided with free medical consultation including BMI, Vitals and Blood Sugar Tests.
Shalamar Diabetes Day at LUMS
Shalamar Diabetes Day at LUMS Sakina Begum Institute of Diabetes and Endocrine Research (SiDER)of Shalamar Hospital in collaboration with LUMS Department of Biology arranged free Diabetes screening tests on 26th April 2018 for the students and staff of LUMS. The event commenced with seminar on Diabetes presented by Director of SiDER, Prof. Bilal bin Younis, followed by free medical consultations from Consultant Diabetologist Dr. Rozina Arshad, Diabetologist Dr. Saira Youaf and Nutritionist Ms. Faiza Kamal. The attended were also offered free blood sugar tests, blood pressure tests and BMI tests inside the Changing Diabetes ® mobile health unit. The endeavor earned an enthusiastic response as 135 members of the LUM community including students, support staff and faculty members made their way to the unit to receive free consultation. The unconditional support of Novo Nordisk proved indispensable in making this trial a success.
Cardiac Awareness Seminars
Cardiac Awareness Seminars A series of cardiac awareness seminars were conducted by Shalamar Hospital at TEPS Institute of Arts & Deign, FC College, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) and Jazz on 7th March, 15th March, 11th April, and 26th April, 2018, respectively. The seminars were led and conducted by various faculty members including Head of Cardiology Department Dr. Kamran Babar, Associate Professor of Cardiology Dr. Javed Ashraf and Assistant Professor of Cardiology Dr. Naresh Kumar, who presented educational seminars on cardiac heath, its risk factors and timely management. They also offered free medical consultation to attendees. In addition, Associate Professor and Head of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr. Ammar Hameed Khan, and Assistant Professor Dr. Muhammad Muneeb also provided heir consultation services to attendees without charge. Various free tests including blood screening tests, cholesterol tests, BMI tests, uric acid tests were also made available through collaboration with several distinguished pharmaceutical companies.