GIMS emerges as national healthcare hub, treats 2.2mln patients from other provinces: Sharjeel Inam Memon

SUKKUR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jun, 2026) The Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) has emerged as a national referral centre for specialised care, with over 2.2 million patients from outside Sindh seeking treatment at the facility in recent years, Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Sunday.

Speaking about the institute’s growing stature, the Senior Provincial Minister for Information and Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon, shared that 1,123,415 patients came from Punjab, 460,641 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 637,517 from Gilgit-Baltistan, and 118 from Azad Kashmir to avail medical services at the hospital.

“Patients from across Pakistan are now coming to Gambat, Sindh for quality treatment,” Memon said, adding that the facility was providing services ranging from liver and kidney transplants to oncology, cardiology, nephrology and paediatric surgery without charge.

Director General GIMS, Captain (R) Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti said the institute’s expansion reflected the Sindh government’s policy that “quality health facilities are the right of every citizen”.

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He said GIMS’s growth was underpinned by expert and multidisciplinary staff, advanced research and training facilities, state-of-the-art laboratories, modern medical equipment, and a 300-acre campus with contemporary wards and ICUs.

Initially established as a liver transplant centre, GIMS has since developed into a full-spectrum medical sciences institute. Under Dr Bhatti’s leadership, the hospital continues to operate under the motto “Insaan Dost. Khuda Dost”, Media consultant of Gims Jameel Hyder said.

Health analysts noted that the rise of a public-sector institution offering free specialised care at scale marked a shift in Pakistan’s healthcare landscape. For patients in remote areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, GIMS has become an alternative to costly treatment in major urban centres.

The Sindh government said it was reviewing plans for further capacity expansion and new specialty units to meet rising demand at the institute.