Health Sector — Islamabad Capital Territory
A mixed public–private system. Primary care is managed mainly by the District Health Office. Tertiary care is dominated by large federal teaching hospitals. Figures are the most recent verified public data, primarily 2020–2026.
Facilities (Islamabad Capital Territory)
Private HCEs2,444Private healthcare establishments grew from 1,745 in 2023 to 2,065 in 2024 and 2,444 in 2025. Census-linked bed strength is about 8,693 (about 2,792 public and 5,901 private). The public primary network historically had about 55 units. Current DHO listings emphasise 3 RHCs and 13 BHUs, plus community health centres. The district profile also lists 1 DHQ and 1 THQ. There are 15 teaching and specialized hospitals.
Public facility breakdown
| Facility type | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Health Centres | 3 | Bara Kahu, Tarlai, Sihala |
| Basic Health Units | 13 | Examples: Sohan, Golra Sharif, Jhang Syedan, Shahdra, Gokina |
| Community health centres and auxiliary units | Several | Part of a broader primary network of about 55 units in earlier audits |
| DHQ | 1 | District profile |
| THQ | 1 | District profile |
| Teaching and specialized hospitals | 15 | Federal tertiary and specialized care |
Listed public facilities
Beds
About 8,693 beds overall. Islamabad has 1.18 beds per 1,000 people. WHO recommends 5.
Child health
Infant mortality: 38
Neonatal mortality: 31.8
Under-five mortality: 30.5
Stunting 32.6%. Wasting 12.1%.
Featured facilities
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)
Premier federal tertiary teaching hospital and national referral centre, affiliated with SZABMU. Official 2023–24 bed strength is 1,254: Islamabad Hospital 713, Children’s Hospital 262, Mother and Child Health Centre 156, Cardiac Centre 99, and Burn Centre 24.
It covers 22 or more specialties and about 30 departments, with radiology, pathology, blood bank, dialysis, operating theatres, ICU/CCU, and 24/7 accident and emergency. The main hospital sees more than 1,200 OPD patients a day. A 200-bed accident and emergency block is being strengthened. It refers patients from ICT, adjacent districts, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC / PGMI)
Major federal tertiary teaching hospital in G-6. Recent sources put bed strength around 545. A second campus, PGMI-II / Jinnah Hospital in G-11/3, is under construction and has been revised upward to 400 beds. The project cost was revised to about Rs 15.9 billion.
Services include medicine, surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics, orthopedics, cardiology, 24/7 emergency, diagnostics, and dialysis.
Capital Hospital (CDA Hospital)
CDA tertiary hospital in Sector G-6, established in 1981, primarily for CDA employees and families and open to the public. Bed strength was officially raised to 416 after about 136 beds were added around 2022. Some reports cite about 500 capacity, with about 300 operational at times. Further expansion to 600–700 beds has been discussed through public-private partnership.
Services include 24/7 emergency, medicine, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, paediatrics, cardiology, orthopedics, and diagnostics including X-ray, CT, and MRI.
Primary care and other public facilities
The three RHCs — Bara Kahu, Tarlai, and Sihala — provide 24/7 maternal and newborn care, OPD, emergency, diagnostics, and referral. Thirteen BHUs provide community-level OPD, antenatal and postnatal care, immunization, family planning, basic diagnostics, and referral. Gokina is among the units recently digitized.
Other notable facilities include the Nuclear Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI), the National Institute of Health, and departmental hospitals such as KRL and NESCOM. Mother and child hospitals are under construction. A cancer hospital project of about Rs 3.4 billion has been approved, and the Sehat Card / PM Health Card was revived for ICT in 2026.
Major hospital beds
Polyclinic’s recent reported bed strength is about 545. Sources: DHO-ICT, PBS District Census Report Islamabad 2023, Ministry of National Health Services, and the PIMS yearbook.