EAST SURGICAL WARD

East Surgical Ward is one of the oldest units of Mayo Hospital, built in 1871. This unit has the privilege of being headed by many famous surgeons and has a history of being a center of excellence in head and neck surgery.

Currently, the unit is headed by Professor Dr. Wasim Hayat Khan, who has a great interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education. He is the COO of Mayo Cancer Care Hospital, Manawan Lahore. East Surgical Ward has a competent team under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Wasim Hayat Khan with Dr. Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar, Associate Professor, Dr. Rana Sohail, Assistant Professor and Dr. M Haris Janjua, Assistant Professor, Senior Registrars Dr. Zahra Sattar, Dr. Ayra Suleman, Dr. Ammara Zia, Dr. Nazia, and dr Umbreen Anwar. Dr. Ammad Hassan is serving as the Registrar along with 32 postgraduate residents and 27 house officers.

East Surgical Ward comprises of male & female sides with a bed capacity of 40 & 20 beds respectively in Surgical Tower, Mayo Hospital. There are 2 elective lists per week with the availability of 6 fully equipped operation theaters. Prof Dr. Wasim Hayat has a special interest in minimal invasive surgery & surgical oncology and under his leadership, the postgraduate residents are continuously thriving in this area along with open surgeries. There are 2 emergency duties per week of 12 & 24 hours on Thursday and Saturday respectively.

The ward has been providing minimally invasive surgical facilities to the patients in Emergency as well. The ward provides its services for the outpatient department twice a week directly supervised by consultants including Prof. Dr. Wasim Hayat Khan himself. The ward is fully accredited for MS & FCPS programs.

Currently, 32 Postgraduate trainees are enrolled with the ward in different years of training. Post-emergency presentations, journal club meetings, clinicopathological conferences, morbidity, mortality meetings, synopsis meeting, and multidisciplinary meetings on a regular basis are a must in the ward for which the ward has a 50 seating capacity lecture theatre equipped with multimedia and audio-visual support. Along with training of postgraduate residents, the ward is also actively involved in the teaching of undergraduate students of 3rd Year, 4th Year & Final Year students of MBBS.

Provide high-quality surgical training to FCPS and MS surgery candidates through hands-on experience and academic learning. Deliver comprehensive patient care across indoor, outdoor, emergency, and ward services with a focus on safety and efficiency.

Ensure excellence in emergency surgical management, including trauma and acute surgical conditions. Incorporate modern surgical techniques, including laparoscopic and minimally invasive procedures, to enhance patient outcomes. Promote research, audits, and case discussions to improve surgical education and clinical practices.

Maintain high standards of ethical practice, patient safety, and quality assurance in all surgical procedures. Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration for better patient management and preventive surgical care.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 

• Weekly short case assessment of PGRs.
• Fortnightly long case assessment of PGRs.
• Post Emergency discussion.
• PGR and House Surgeons weekly presentations.
• MDTs, M &M meetings and Synopsis discussion meeting.

Workshops

Conducted various workshops in ward for PGRs related to

1. Bladder repair
2. Gut anastomosis
3. Vascular Repair
4. Basic Surgical Skills
5. Tendon Repair
6. Basic Laparoscopic Skills

Works completed

Dissertation submitted of :

Dr. Nazer Qureshi: Role of fistuloclysis in optimization of nutritional status in high output stoma patients.

Dr. Nimra Gillani: Correlation of coagulation markers with axillary lymph node metastasis in breast malignancy.

Dr. Umaiya Rauf: Comparison of Pre-existing Thyroidectomy difficulty score vs Novel difficulty thyroidectomy predictor score in prediction of difficult thyroidectomies pre-operatively.

Dr. Ammad Hassan: Comparison of packing vs no packing in perianal abscess cavity in patients undergoing incision and drainage.

Dr. Adeena Tahir: A study of risk factors and microbiological spectrum of necrotizing fasciitis presenting in surgical ER of a busy tertiary care hospital of Lahore.

Dr. Abubakar Shahid: Validity of LRINEC score in early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis from other soft tissue infections.

Current Projects

Currently many research projects are undergoing of which some of the work is mentioned below.

Dr. Sheroz Tarrar: Predictors of surgical site infection in patients undergoing below knee amputation with primary stump closure : a prospective observational study.

Dr. Ahmad Alvi: Comparison between open hemorrhoidectomy and open hemorrhoidectomy with Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy in terms of post operative pain.

Dr. Adeel Ahmad: Comparison study on the post-operative pain and outcomes of mesh fixation with non-absorbable sutures, absorbable sutures vs skin staples in Lichenstein inguinal hernia repair.

• Bariatric Surgery.
• Laser Proctology.
• Oncological Surgeries.
• Elective Laparoscopic & Open Procedures.
• Day case surgeries.
• Indoor services.
• Emergency services.