History of Anaesthesia in Mayo hospital Lahore is as old as the history of surgery the first chair was established in 1959 with Dr. Rustam Nabi as Professor of Anaesthesia.With the passage of time due to an increase in workload, a second unit was started in 1984.
Over the years it has been the aim of the Department of Anaesthesia to provide optimum perioperative care in both elective and emergency operation theatres of all specialities of Mayo hospital management of critically ill patients.

Under the present head of department, Professor Dr. Farrukh Afzal the department strives to meet national and international standards of health care delivery, teaching, training and research, with special emphasis on intensive care and pain management.
Department has played a key role in the management of critically ill covid patients in the recent Pandemic contributing as front-line warriors.