Before independence in 1947 it was called the British Indian Military Hospital Rawalpindi.
Its family wing is looked after by a Lady Medical Officer with the rank of brigadier.
The hospital comprises three medical units, Departments of Surgery, Family Medicine, Dermatology, Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Department of Intensive Care Units.
[5][6] On 23 June 2019, the hospital suffered damage due to oxygen cylinder blast .
The hospital is still the largest, despite its Radiology, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry departments are now independent units with their own administrative set up but no physical boundaries.