St Elizabeth Hospital: Providing Health Care in Hyderabad, Pakistan

Vision:

To make present the compassion of Almighty God through the healing ministry.

Mission:

To provide the best possible quality health care at the lowest possible cost with a preferential option for those in greatest need; to provide the highest level of Mother and Child care; and to be the leader in Hyderabad in providing Palliative Care.

St Elizabeth Hospital is committed to the ethical and moral principles of the Catholic Church in providing healthcare and education. St Elizabeth collaborates with the federal and provincial governments in assisting Pakistan achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal no. 3 relating to health care.

While maintaining its specialization in maternity and Mother & Child care, St Elizabeth is a provider of diversified levels of healthcare and surgical care. It is a 100-bed hospital. From September 2024 St Elizabeth will become a major provider in Hyderabad of orthopaedic surgery and post-operative care. With the help of the Vatican and Catholic Misson [Australia], a new operating theatre and a 10-room post-surgical  department have been built for this purpose. Many people in great need will be helped.

This year St Elizabeth commenced an out-patients oncology department. Through its Home-Based Palliative Care nursing service, St Elizabeth cares for 60 terminally cancer patients in their homes. This nursing care is totally free. The need is great. St Elizabeth has implemented plans for the training of more skilled palliative care nurses to respond.

St. Elizabeth’s Mobile Medical Outreach Programme (MMOP) provided totally free medical care to 56,554 marginalized and impoverished Muslim, Christian and Hindu people who agricultural labourers in interior Sindh.

According to the official Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-2024 p.214, “Pakistan’s health indicators have shown modest improvement compared to past years. However, when compared to other regions in South Asia and the Pacific, the overall picture seems not so good.” In 2023-2024, total federal and provincial government health care expenditure in Pakistan decreased to only 1% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Elsewhere in South Asia it averaged 3.1% of GDP. St Elizabeth is a key responder in Hyderabad to this healthcare crisis situation. It receives no government funding or support.

Statistics at St Elizabeth for this reporting period were:

  • Patients seen in Out Patients Department 38,429
  • Patients seen in Emergency Room 20,518
  • Patients admitted to the hospital 5,229
  • Operations carried out 2,312

St Elizabeth Hospital has ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and ISO 14001 Environment Management Systems certification.

The hospital’s finances are supervised by the hospital’s internal auditor and are assessed through the annual external audit.