Shahid Dastgheib Hospital

About

The first building of Shahid Dastgheib Hospital was constructed in 1949 and equipped in 1950. The Hospital initiated its activities as a medical auxiliary affiliated to Iran’s Road Administration Office. This medical auxiliary included a drugstore, a doctor’s office, and an injection and wound dressing room. Then, in 1961, the facility was expanded with governmental support and in 1967, turned into a hospital called Soraya Hospital owing to the endeavors of Dr. Chesh, the CEO of the medical facility. Soraya Hospital offered different services in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and ENT. In 1976, Soraya Hospital turned into a 40-bed hospital and was called Hospital No. 3. Later in the 1980s, being named after Shahid Dastgheib, who was assassinated on Dec. 11, 1981, the Hospital’s name changed to Shahid Dastgheib Hospital. The Hospital strives to provide a social network of support and services to patients, students, residents, and fellows either from Iran or abroad. Incorporating the most eminent Genetic Counseling and Testing Center and Comprehensive Thalassemia and Hemophilia Center in the region, Shahid Dastgheib Hospital is a top-notch habitat for diagnosing, healing, caring, researching, and learning within these scopes.

Hospital Type

General Teaching Hospital

Hospital  Wards

• Operating Room
• Pediatric ER
• Pediatrics
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology (ENT)
• Thalassemia
• Hemophilia

Paraclinical Departments

• Radiology
• Audiometry Services
• Optometry
• Physiotherapy

• Specialty and Subspecialty Clinics
• Dental clinic

Paraclinical Services

• General Laboratory and Pathology Services
• Genetic Laboratory
• Drugstore
• Dental Services
• Radiology Services
• Sonography Servicers
• Optometric Services
• Audiology Services
• Physiotherapy Services
• Injection services
• Electrocardiography services

Distinctive Services

• Genetic Counseling and Testing Center for Prenatal diagnosis of Thalassemia and Hemophilia


• Comprehensive Thalassemia and Hemophilia Center

Genetic Counseling and Genetic Testing Center for Prenatal diagnosis of Thalassemia and Hemophilia

Genetic Counseling and Genetic Testing Center for Prenatal diagnosis of Thalassemia and Hemophilia located at Shahid Dastgheib Hospital is one the most significant centers in this field in Iran and is among the three reference centers for coagulation tests in the Country.  This center is the administrator of teaching Blood Coagulation Test Methodology to SUMS trainees and those affiliated to medical universities in Tabriz, Ahvaz, Esfahan, and Mashad. It also screens Blood Coagulation Tests performed at these universities. The center is well-recognized among university laboratories which perform a large quantity of prenatal thalassemia and hemophilia diagnostic tests and offers laboratory services to the entire communities from not only Fars Province but also Bushehr Province as well as Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. Moreover, the Center is cooperating with World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) and Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) and has come to a sistership agreement with the University of Milan.

To detect prenatal blood diseases  such as thalassemia (Alfa and Beta) and other hemoglobinopathies, chorionic villi sampling and amniotic fluid sampling are performed at this center. Moreover, premarital screening (CBC-Electrophoresis), genetic counseling, genetic testing for inherited bleeding disorders and coagulation disorders, genetic testing of male infertility including Y-chromosome deletion in males with non-obstructive infertility and diagnosis tests of different types of anemia e.g. sickle cell anemia and prenatal genetic testing for chromosomal abnormalities including Down Syndrome are among the plethora of services offered at SUMS Genetic Counseling and Genetic Testing Center for Prenatal diagnosis of Thalassemia and Hemophilia. In case of necessity, the Center also collects samples and refers them to high-tech laboratories either within Iran or abroad. In addition, to further research at SUMS, the Center conducts a diverse range of research projects in cooperation with neurologists, cardiologists, obstetricians, and gynecologists.

Comprehensive Thalassemia and Hemophilia Center

As the only available Comprehensive Thalassemia and Hemophilia Center in Shiraz, this university facility provides services within the following scopes:

Comprehensive Thalassemia (COLIZ)

At this center, patients with thalassemia receive specialty services including blood transfusion therapy, osteoporosis injection, genetic tests, medical diagnostic tests, dentistry, physiotherapy, sonography, echocardiography, rehabilitation, and psychological and psychiatric counseling. Self-care techniques are also taught to patients with thalassemia by experts available at the Center. These patients, moreover, have access to General physicians and hematologists for routine check-ups, or in case of necessity, they will be referred to physicians outside the Hospital community.

Comprehensive Hemophilia Center

SUMS Comprehensive Hemophilia Center provides patients with hemophilia and coagulation disorders with the succeeding services:

• Preparing, distributing and infusing clotting factors, and other blood products
• Educating patients
• Teaching self-care techniques to patients especially to female patients
• Teaching patients how to inject themselves with clotting factors
• Physiotherapy
• Dentistry
• Rehabilitation
• Joint and orthopedic treatment
• Getting the patients to do their required genetic and medical diagnostic tests
• Referring the patients for Psychological and psychiatric counseling services

As a part of the mission of the research and teaching community at Shahid Dastgheib Hospital, in addition, this center not only cooperates in conducting national and international research projects but also trains staff, fellows, residents, and medical students.

Hospital Statistics

Number of Approved Beds: 130

Number of Active Beds: 124

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