The Aga Khan Maternal and Child Care Centre, Hyderabad

Established in 1989, the Aga Khan Maternal and Child Care Centre (AKMCCC), Hyderabad is part of the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS). The Centre is a 87-bed maternity facility offering quality, cost-effective and value added health care. Specialising in obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics, it is part of the AKHS international referral system with links to the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi .

Hospital services include:
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Paediatrics
• Triage services
• Diagnostic services
• Day care surgery services
• Vaccination
• Midwifery Training school

History
In 1956, the Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS,P) inaugurated its first Mother and Child Health Care Centre in Sultanabad. Two years later, the first maternity centre, the Aga Khan Maternity Home, Hyderabad, was established in Tilak Chari, Hyderabad.

The maternity home catered to high risk and complicated pregnancies with greater scope of services for qualitative obstetric and gynaecological care. After 22 years of maternity care services in Hyderabad, AKHSP began expanding. In 1989, His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the Aga Khan Maternal and Child Care and the Aga Khan Diagnostic Centre.

Milestones
1958	Aga Khan Maternity Home, Hyderabad established
1989	His Highness the Aga Khan, inaugurated the: • Maternal and Child Health Care Unit • Diagnostic Centre • Midwifery Training School
1990	Second Operating Theatre introduced
1995	Health Promotion Package introduced
1999	Adult Health Screening Programme introduced
	Induction of Surgical Services for Paediatrics and Women (other than Obstetrics)
2000	Initiation of Outreach Health Care Services in rural and urban areas
	Inauguration of Paediatrics Ward, Phototherapy, Minor Operation Theatre
	Induction of Cardiac Consultation and Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT) Services
	Introduction of Epidural Anaesthesia Services (painless deliveries)
2001	Training of RMO in Gynaecology /Obstetrics
2002	Training of RMO in Paediatrics Services
2003	Opening of Triage Services
	Social Franchising with Green Star Social Marketing Pakistan for Family Planning Services
2004	ISO 9001-2000 quality Management System Certification
2005	Day Care Surgeries