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It
was
founded
in
1948
by
the
Medical
Mission
Sisters,
a
Roman
Catholic
religious
order
for
women
based
in
Philadelphia,
USA.
This
was
at
a
time
when
very
few
health
care
facilities
existed
in
Pakistan.
The
founder
of
the
Medical
Mission
Sisters,
Doctor
Anna
Dengel,
arrived
in
1920
in
Rawalpindi
to
work
as
a
mission
doctor
at
the
16-bed
St.
Catherine's
Hospital.
The
hospital
evolved
into
the
Holy
Family
Hospital,
Rawalpindi,
and
continued
to
operate
under
the
auspices
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Diocese
of
Islamabad-Rawalpindi
until
1977.
In
that
year,
the
diocese
was
no
longer
able
to
bear
the
financial
burden
of
running
the
hospital
and
handed
it
over
to
the
Government
of
Punjab.
The
Medical
Mission
Sisters
went
to
work
and
focused
exclusively
at
the
Holy
Family
Hospital,
Karachi.
Three
of
these
sisters
worked
together
from
1967
to
2009
at
the
hospital.
Sister
Elona
Stanchak
served
as
Administrator
of
the
225-bed
hospital;
Sister
Celine
Bernier
was
Directress
of
Nursing
Services;
and
Sister
Helen
Marie
McGrath
taught
at
the
hospital's
nursing
school.
In
2009,
they
left
Pakistan
to
return
to
the
US.
From
2005
to
2009,
Sister
Celine
was
on
the
board
of
the
St.
Vincent's
Home
for
the
Aged.
What
will
happen
to
the
Holy
Family
Hospital,
Karachi
in
times
to
come
is
an
important
question;
the
institution
is
a
national
heritage
and
a
prized
possession
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Archdiocese
of
Karachi
right
in
the
heart
of
a
bustling
city
and
must
be
governed
and
administered
professionally.
Currently,
Dr.
Glenis
Piedade
D'Sa
D'Souza
is
officiating
as
an
administrator.
Nearly
100
students
are
enrolled
at
the
Holy
Family
Hospital
nursing
school.
The
students
spend
3
years
in
basic
nursing
and
a
4th
year
in
midwifery
training.
The
school
is
registered
with
the
Pakistan
Nursing
Council.
This
hospital
is
accredited
with
the
College
of
Physicians
and
Surgeons
Pakistan
to
train
doctors
for
specialization
in
medicine,
surgery,
and
obstetrics.
The
hospital
also
has
a
large
facility,
the
Holy
Family
Hospital
auditorium,
which
is
used
for
events
such
as
the
launch
of
Agahi,
the
first
Urdu-language
Catholic
weekly
in
Pakistan
launched
in
November
2006.
In
September
2004,
the
Health
Department
identified
some
private
hospitals,
including
Holy
Family
Hospital,
Karachi,
as
having
the
facilities
where
trauma
patients
could
be
treated.
This
is
recognition
of
the
high-quality
care
provided
and
the
important
role
played
by
the
hospital
over
the
years.
By
2018,
it
was
considered
one
of
the
major
hospitals
of
the
city.
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