Shafa Academic Medical Center

Shafa Academic Hospital was established in 1964. At first, this hospital was used for the treatment of patients with pulmonary disorders, especially those with disabilities. In 1359, the hospital had 150 beds and the internal and general surgery departments started. Until 1981, gynecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, cardiology, and ophthalmology departments were added to the departments of this hospital, and at the end of this year, the burn accident department was also equipped and opened. In 1982, hemodialysis department was added to the set of departments. In 1985, with the approval of the Ministry of Health, it was handed over to the Medical School to turn into a teaching hospital with all the equipment and personnel, and it gradually continued to operate under the name of Academic Hospital.

To this day many other departments were added and made this center as one of the main medical centers in southeast Iran. Today the hospital has a capacity of 615 beds and 380 active beds. The infrastructure of this center is 34,000 square meters, which is located in an area of 91,000 square meters, and some buildings have a maximum of two floors. Departments include cardiac, angiography, cardiac surgery, cardiac ICU, general ICU, neurology, rheumatology, restorative, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, nephrology, burns, ENT, nuclear medicine, emergency departments. Emergency departments include cardiac, nerve, neurology, and burn. This center also has outpatient departments for radiotherapy, lithotripsy, nuclear medicine, physiotherapy, rehabilitation of cardiac patients, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, audiology, speech therapy, sleep clinic, electroencephalography, electromyography, Doppler ultrasound of brain vessels, echo, and exercise test and other general, specialized, and subspecialized paraclinical units.