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1992
Recommended Citation
Aga Khan University Medical Centre, "AKUMC Annual Report : 1992" (1992). Aga Khan Health Services Reports. Book 2.
http://ecommons.aku.edu/akhs_report/2
The Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi
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Annual Report
1992
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AKUMC ANNUAL REPORt 1992
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Human Resources
The Hospital's greatest assets are
Its people, and it continues to anract
highly qualified individuals by
offering an invigorating professiOnal
environment and challenging career
opportunities. Arrangements were
made with the Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm (Sweden) to train AKUH
Paedialricians in sub-specialties
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. service delivery, This involves an
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on-going appraisal of Hospital
services and strengthening of
weak areas. A Management
Engineering Department was
established, and its quantitative
analysis and systems
improvement techniques have
such as Childhood Neurology, providing palient care services at significantly aided the Hospital's
Rheumatology, Allergies, Infectious AKUH, and developing individuals to efforts towards Total Quality
Diseases and Endocrinology, assume future faculty positions here Management (TQM).
ProfeSSO( eo Undblad, also from the and throughout the country, There
Karolinska Institute, filled the Chair are presently 113 residents in nine • Since 1988, when Quality Patient
of Paediatrics vacated by Professor clinical training programmes, In Care was adopted as a top priority
Majid MoIla of Bangladesh, who 1992, thirteen residents graduated by the Aga Khan Health Services
completed a noteworthy 6 year term. from the residency training and (AKHS) institutions in general, and
During 1992 there was a 9% twelve of them assumed positions the Senior AKHS Nurses in
expansion (over 1991) in the on either the faculty or staff 01 the partk:ulaf. AKUH has worked With
number of registered nurses on Hospital and University. NeiWolK health care institutions 10
board, and more signifICantly a establish or upgrade nursing quality
much needed Increase in first line Achievements and assurance, and to introdtx:e !he
nursing management (56% over concept 01 staffirYJ pattems ~
1991). The Increase was the Initiatives patient classification and mlrsirYJ
outcome of aggressive management • Or. Javed Akhtar, an AKUH wor1c:load analysis, In 1992, AKUH
initiatives as well as the growing resident achieved an important Nursing facilitated two qua6ty
external reputation 01 AKUH. 'firsr by graduating as Pakistan's assurance worlWlops, hosted by
first trained Emergency Room The Aga Khan Hospilal (AKH)
Postgraduate (residency) training Physician. He went on to anain Nairobi, with fundirYJ from a CIOA
continues to play an Important role in his Fellowship from the Royal granl. Staff nurses from o!her Aga
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ChaIrman, Department of
BiochemiStry, was awarded a Gold
Medal for his outstanding
contnbutions to and research In the
field of Chemistry, by the Counc.1 01
the Pakistan Academy 01 Sc.ences.
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cademic Medical Centres Currently, as is the case with most eodowmentlrom luture erosion due
A are often described as
being among !he most
complex organizations that exist, and
new universities, AKU uses all 01 its
endowment income to support
current operations; however, as the
to inflation. The University will need
10 expand its Ilnancial base through
Internal cash generation and external
their thirst for funding often appears endowment funds grow, through support, such as donations and
insatiable. The nabJre of their chosen realization 01 existing pledges and grants, to perpetuate its current
tasks • the treatment 01 the sick and lrom new donations, His the irItention programmes and finance future
injured, the education and training of of the University that a portion of this expansion.
health professionals and research· Is income be set aside to protect the
demanding and cosily. The Aga
Khan UntvefSily Medical Centre is no
exception. tv. a new organization in
the developing wortd, its challenges
are multiplied many times over.
SOURCE OF FUNDS IRs. 191m)
The Aga Khan University
Uke most Universities, AKU's primary
operating expense is people. In
1992. 66% or RS.126 m~lion of the
Iotal application ollunds IRs.191
million) related to staffing expenses.
This percentage is likely to increase
over the years, because of the need
to retain and attract the highest
quailly I.cully and slaft. The
University's Faculty of Health ENDOWMENT IHCOMEJ OONAnDNS
Sciences will continue to grow in the (AI 121m) 63"X.
future and new faculties will be
added. The "lSI such t>eg;Ming wi"
be the InstiMe for Educational
Development, which starts APPLICATION OF FUNDS (Rs. 191m)
opef31ions in 1993. All of this growth
will require major new capital
Investment.
The Aga Khan University million of patient charges were of the Medical Centre can only be
waived for indigent patients through assured if both entities advance
Hospital AKUH's Palient Welfare Programme. simultaneously. Financial self·
In a span of Just six yeats from its first This direct welfare was achieved sufficiency and the ability to
lui year of operation. the Aga Khan through the generosity of ru; donors. self-propel growth are the most
Universily HospiIaI has progressed To perpetuate the welfare chanenging goals for academic
from a cash operating defICit of RS.84 programme. an AKUH welfare medical centres. Attaining this at the
million in 198610 a positive cash·llow endowment has been created from Aga Khan University Medical Centre
01 AS.48 million in 1992. before such donations and only the income will require continuing sound
allowing for the expense 01 is used towards the annual expense management and innovation, which
depreciation of assets. The positive of waiving charges for indigent will ensure that expansion of selVices
cash generation amounts to patients. The charts given below can occur while maintaining a tighter
approximalely two-thirds of the lIIustrale the Hospital's Source and control on costs. It is also certain thai
HospilaJ's depreciatiofl expense. The Application 01 Funds for 1992. external support through grants and
1992 operational results include donations will be crucial 10 enable the
Rs.28 million spent on underwriting While AKU & AKUH are separate Medical Centre to respond to the
pa.!ienl welfare subsicfleS. Besides entities. their interests are closely challenges and demands 01the
these subsidies, another Rs.28 Intertwined. In fact. sound progress future.
OUTPAnENTREVENUE(Rs 161m)31'>
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In retrospect,
1992 was ayea, of growth fo'
the Aga Khan University Medical Cmlr<.
A yea, that mcompassed caring, sharing, and renewed enthusiasm.
Having established high standa,ds, the mergy and
attmtion ofthe AKUMC community
will remain focussed on meeting respomibilities
that go with the pursuit ofexcellence.