Where can people get care in Bahawalnagar?

Dooram has not yet found a government list of Bahawalnagar's hospitals. Volunteers have mapped 6 hospitals and 1 clinic here so far.

Where volunteers on OpenStreetMap have mapped hospitals and clinics. Their map shows where they have been, not everything that exists.

HospitalClinic or doctor

Hospitals named on the map include:

  • District Headquarter Hospital
  • BHU Bella Singh Kokera
  • Tehsil Hospital
  • THQ Hospital, Chishtian

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, licence ODbL 1.0.

How far is care from here?

Most people (81%) live more than an hour's walk from a hospital or clinic.

Walking time to the nearest hospital or clinic, for everyone living in Bahawalnagar. Half of people are within 155 minutes.

  • Within an hour's walk19%
  • One to two hours20%
  • More than two hours62%

The map these times come from is missing some of the hospitals and clinics here, so the real walk is probably shorter than shown.

Sources: walking times, Weiss and others, Nature Medicine 2020 (Malaria Atlas Project), a model at walking pace from facilities mapped in 2019; where people live, WorldPop 2020.

How well are children and mothers looked after in Bahawalnagar?

Better than Pakistan as a whole on 0 of 5, worse on 5.

From the government's household survey of 2019-20, the newest that goes down to each district. It is not this week's news: it shows the care people in Bahawalnagar could reach.

  • Are children fully vaccinated?

    65% of children aged 1 to 2, by their vaccination card. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 71% here, 60% across Pakistan.

  • Is a doctor, nurse or midwife at the birth?

    54% of recent births. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do mothers get a check-up after birth?

    26% of mothers. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do children with diarrhoea get ORS?

    69% of children under 5 who had diarrhoea. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 55% here, 72% across Pakistan.

  • Do homes have a toilet?

    24% of homes have none. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey, District Level, 2019-20, tables 4.3 B, 4.7 B, 4.11, 4.12, 7.2. The birth figure adds together doctors, nurses, midwives and lady health visitors, the report's own definition of skilled help at a birth (page 197 of the PDF).

Sources. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.