Not only is it a hospital but a facility for training nurses and midwives to guarantee the future for Pakistani women and babies.
Provision of ante-natal, natal and post- natal care b. Infantile anaemia c. General medical care for all sexes and age, including diagnosis, treatment, and provision of medicines d. TB diagnosis with referral to the TB care centre to the Government TB Sanatorium in Hyderabad e. Hepatitis A, B and C diagnosis and treatment.
[3] Three Holy Family sisters from Sri Lanka supervise the nursing and oversee the St Elizabeth's School of Midwifery.
At the time of selection, special preference is given to those who come from less developed areas and from marginalised communities with a view to advancing the socio-economic position of these women and to provide trained professional personnel for mothers, neo-natal and infant care in Pakistan.
[4] The midwifery program at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hyderabad aims both at benefiting the poor and improving the country's health-care system.
Robert McCulloch, a former chairman of the hospital's Administrative Council, was recently awarded the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam by President Asif Ali Zardari for his work in Pakistan.
[7] The hospital now has a Centre for Home Based Palliative Care, mainly to serve cancer patients.