Where can people get care in Multan?

Dooram has not yet found a government list of Multan's hospitals. Volunteers have mapped 50 hospitals and 7 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:

  • Gulfam Basharat General Hospital
  • Civil Hospital
  • Akhter Sultana Memorial Hospital
  • Anam Hospital
  • City Hospital
  • Faisal Hospital

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

How far is care from here?

41% of 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 Multan. Half of people are within 38 minutes.

  • Within an hour's walk59%
  • One to two hours14%
  • More than two hours27%

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 Multan?

Better than Pakistan as a whole on 1 of 5, worse on 1.

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 Multan could reach.

  • Are children fully vaccinated?

    69% of children aged 1 to 2, by their vaccination card. About the same as Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 65% here, 60% across Pakistan.

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

    69% of recent births. About the same as Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do mothers get a check-up after birth?

    48% of mothers. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do children with diarrhoea get ORS?

    79% of children under 5 who had diarrhoea. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 75% here, 72% across Pakistan.

  • Do homes have a toilet?

    8% of homes have none. About the same as 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.