Where can people get care in Islamabad?

Dooram has not yet found a government list of Islamabad's hospitals. Volunteers have mapped 73 hospitals and 23 clinics 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:

  • Advanced International Hospital G-8 Markaz
  • Al Ain International Specialist Eye Hospital
  • Elaaj International Hospital Islamabad
  • Health International Hospital
  • Islamabad International َDental Hospital and College
  • Kulsum International Hospital

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

How far is care from here?

1 in 10 people live more than an hour's walk from a hospital or clinic.

Walking time to the nearest hospital or clinic, for everyone living in Islamabad. Half of people are within 14 minutes.

  • Within an hour's walk87%
  • One to two hours11%
  • More than two hours1%

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 Islamabad?

Better than Pakistan as a whole on 4 of 4, worse on 0.

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 Islamabad could reach.

  • Are children fully vaccinated?

    96% of children aged 1 to 2, by their vaccination card. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 79% here, 60% across Pakistan.

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

    94% of recent births. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do mothers get a check-up after birth?

    66% of mothers. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do children with diarrhoea get ORS?

    93% of children under 5 who had diarrhoea. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 83% here, 72% across Pakistan.

Not answered for Islamabad: Do homes have a toilet? The report does not print a figure this answer needs for Islamabad, so Dooram leaves it out rather than guess.

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. 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.