St Elizabeth Hospital is committed to the ethical and moral principles of the Catholic
Church in providing healthcare and healthcare 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.
St Elizabeth is a 100-bed hospital and, while maintaining its specialization in maternity and
Mother & Child care, is a provider of diversified levels of healthcare and surgical care
including orthopaedic surgery.
Through its Home-Based Palliative Care nursing service, St Elizabeth cares for 40 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 has an out-patients oncology department. In July this year, the new
Palliative Care Day Centre will open, the first in Pakistan.
St. Elizabeth’s Mobile Medical Outreach Programme provided totally free medical care to
56,554 marginalized and impoverished Muslim, Christian and Hindu people who agricultural
labourers in interior Sindh.
Pakistan spent just 1% of GDP on health in 2024. 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 in 2024 are:
- Patients seen in Out Patients Department 37,942
- Patients seen in Emergency Room 22,304
- Patients admitted to the hospital5,442
- Operations carried out 2,307
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 there is an
annual external audit.