Hospitals
This area has been known for the treatment of mentally ill patients for a long time. The Government of Pakistan established a National Psychiatric Health unit, called the "Government Mental & General Hospital" in Dhodial in the early 1960s. Its purpose was to treat the mentally ill patients and also had a general hospital. It had a complete range of facilities for the treatment of mental patients, including physical and mental grooming. Dr. Mohammad Irfan took the custody of the hospital as medical superintendent and consultant psychiatrist & other government plans which included the SOS Children's Villages and National Pheasantry. This hospital was shifted to T.B sanitorium Dadar in 2002 and Hazara University was formed in it.
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