Patan Hospital is major teaching hospital for the Patan Academy of Health Sciences. Patan Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Nepal. It uses modern equipment and facilities to provide treatment for almost 320 000 outpatients and 20 000 inpatients every year. Patan Hospital staff conduct more than 10 000 operations annually. The hospital has been operating with an annual revenue of around US $3.5 million.
The hospital already has an abundance of experienced doctors who will serve as faculty for the clinical sciences, as well as an excellent reputation for training health care professionals to serve throughout Nepal.
The mission of Patan Hospital is to provide quality, compassionate health care to everyone who comes to the hospital, regardless of their ability to pay. It serves people from every district of Nepal, from the remote villages as well as from the Kathmandu valley.
History of Patan Hospital
The United Mission to Nepal (UMN), an international Christian organization, founded Shanta Bhawan Hospital almost 50 years ago as a pioneering autonomous hospital to serve the underprivileged people of Nepal. In 1982, the hospital merged with Lalitpur Hospital to form Patan Hospital, still under the management of UMN. UMN recently decided to relinquish its role. This decision allowed Patan Hospital to become a self-sufficient institution managed by its Nepali staff, and to continue its dedication to quality compassionate care for the disadvantaged. Now, by becoming the teaching hospital of PAHS, Patan Hospital will continue to grow and proceed into the future.
Goals
The goals of the Patan Academy of Health Sciences are to:
Train technically competent, caring and socially responsible physicians and other health care professionals who:
- believe in compassion, love, respect, fairness and excellence
- communicate well with patients, family and colleagues
- are committed to life-long learning
- have the willingness and ability to become inspiring leaders in their respective fields and deal with the existing and emerging health care challenges in Nepal.
Sustain and upgrade the quality of the current health services of the PAHS-related hospitals preserving the tradition of giving special consideration to the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.
Undertake appropriate clinical, public health and biomedical research.
Work in collaboration with the national health system (NHS) to contribute to the improvement of the health status of the people in Nepal, and proactively encourage the national government in the development of appropriate health policies, programs and systems to uplift the health of the rural poor.
Enable deserving students from underprivileged sectors of Nepali society to access health science education, including medical, nursing and other allied health science education.
