Orthopaedics House Job schedule in PIMS hospital Islamabad

Pakistan Institute of Medial Sciences (PIMS) is also known as complex hospital in general people.

The Orthopaedics (orthopedics)  house job duty structure in PIMS is as follows:

Duty starts at 8:00 am morning.

There are two orthopaedics teams. ortho-1, ortho-2. Every team is divided into batches.

However there is only one orthopaedic ward, surgical ward 2.

Duties are divided as follows.

Day 1: OPD (and ward)

Day 2: Free day (ward day / pre-op day)

Day 3: OT + Emergency day

Every team goes through this structure twice in a week. Sunday is divided among teams for Emergency duty.

OPD and ward day

On OPD and ward day, after the round house officers carry out round orders and have option to be in OPD (not compulsory)

On OPD days the duty goes off at 2:00 pm

Free / Pre-op day

On Free day, there is no OT/ER or OPD. However pre-op is done for the patients on list for the next day as it’s operation theatre day.

On Pre op day, duty goes off at 2:00 pm.