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

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.