Gulab Devi Hospital Lahore: All 25 Departments, Chest and Heart OPD, Phone Number and Address (Punjab)
Gulab Devi Hospital Lahore: 1,500 bed charity hospital for chest, TB and heart care, 25 departments, 24/7 heart emergency. Phone 042-99230247, address and OPD.
Gulab Devi Teaching Hospital is a 1,500 bed charity hospital on Main Ferozepur Road, Lahore, opposite Arfa Kareem Tower. It is best known for chest, TB and heart care, and runs 25 departments. Its phone number is 042-99230247 to 50. Heart emergencies are seen 24 hours a day, and the medicine OPD runs six days a week.
We read the hospital's own website on 10 November 2026: its about, contact and departments pages, and the pages of its main departments. Everything below comes from those pages. The site does not print OPD start and end times, so call before your first visit. We say where a detail is not published.
In smog season this matters. Gulab Devi describes its pulmonology department as one of the highest-volume chest care centres in the region, and its heart unit takes emergencies round the clock.
Gulab Devi Hospital at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-government, not-for-profit charity teaching hospital |
| Beds | 1,500 |
| Departments | 25 listed |
| Address | Main Ferozepur Road, opposite Arfa Kareem Tower, Lahore |
| Phone | 042-99230247 to 50 |
| info@gulabdevi.org | |
| Heart emergency | 24 hours, 7 days |
The hospital says it started with 50 beds and calls itself South Asia's largest chest and cardiac hospital. It says thousands of patients a day, many of them poor, get free or subsidised treatment, paid for by donors.
Chest and TB care at Gulab Devi
The pulmonology department runs three units and a separate interventional unit, each led by a senior chest specialist. It sees shortness of breath, long-lasting cough, wheezing, chest pain, lung infections and TB, including drug-resistant TB.
- A daily chest OPD that the hospital says serves a large number of patients every day
- TB DOTS and drug-resistant (MDR) TB clinics, run with the National TB Programme
- Isolation beds for MDR TB, high dependency care and breathing support
- Bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, chest ultrasound and spirometry (lung function tests)
- Advanced procedures since November 2023, such as EBUS biopsy and airway stents
For 2024-25, the department reports about 15,000 outdoor patients, 10,000 emergency treatments, 5,000 lung function tests and 1,000 bronchoscopies. Its thoracic surgery department says it was set up in 1948 and is the oldest in Pakistan.
If smog is making your breathing worse, our guide to smog protection for asthma and heart patients lists the warning signs that need a doctor.
Heart care at Gulab Devi
The cardiology department opened in 1983 and has 150 beds. It runs a 24/7 cardiac emergency, a cardiac ICU, a CCU and a cath lab. The hospital says no heart patient is turned away.
- Primary angioplasty (primary PCI) for heart attacks, round the clock
- Angiography and angioplasty
- Echocardiography and exercise tolerance tests (ETT), offered daily
- Valve procedures, including TAVI
- Hole-in-the-heart device closures for children and adults
For 2024-25 it reports about 10,000 outdoor patients and 1,000 cath lab procedures. A separate cardiac surgery department does heart operations.
All 25 departments
The departments page lists these, grouped here by type:
- Chest and heart: Pulmonology, Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
- Medicine: General Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology and dialysis, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Psychiatry
- Surgery: General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology
- Women and children: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics
- Critical care: Medical ICU (32 beds), Surgical ICU, Anaesthesia
- Diagnostics and rehab: Radiology, Pathology lab, Physiotherapy
Psychiatry runs as the Khalida Rashid Institute of Mental Health. It has a daily psychiatric OPD and 24/7 inpatient care. Physiotherapy is the Al-Zahra Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Center.
OPD days and timings
The website does not publish an OPD timetable with start and end times. What its department pages do say:
- Medicine: outpatient care six days a week, with 24/7 indoor and emergency care
- Pulmonology: a dedicated chest OPD every day
- Psychiatry: a daily OPD
- Cardiology: echo and ETT daily, and a 24/7 heart emergency
Call 042-99230247 to 50 to ask the OPD time for your clinic. If you are comparing hospitals, our guides to Mayo Hospital and Lahore General Hospital list their hours.
How to visit Gulab Devi, step by step
- Call the hospital on 042-99230247 to 50 and ask your clinic's OPD day and time.
- Bring your CNIC, and a child's B-Form, plus old reports and X-rays.
- Go to Main Ferozepur Road, opposite Arfa Kareem Tower.
- Register at the OPD counter and ask whether your treatment is free or subsidised.
- For chest pain or severe breathlessness, go straight to emergency. Do not wait for the OPD.
Fees and free treatment
The hospital does not publish a fee list or a free treatment form on its website. It says many patients are treated free or at a subsidised rate, and that this is funded by donors. Ask at registration whether you qualify. The site does not say whether it accepts the Sehat Card, so ask that too.
For TB, ask for the DOTS clinic, which Gulab Devi runs with the National TB Programme. If you or a relative has a long-lasting cough, tell the registration desk, so you are sent to the chest OPD and not the general queue.
Common questions
What is the Gulab Devi Hospital phone number?
042-99230247 to 50. The email is info@gulabdevi.org.
Where is Gulab Devi Hospital in Lahore?
On Main Ferozepur Road, opposite Arfa Kareem Tower.
Is Gulab Devi a government hospital?
No. It describes itself as a non-government, not-for-profit charity hospital. It is a teaching hospital.
Does Gulab Devi treat TB?
Yes. Its pulmonology department runs TB DOTS and drug-resistant TB clinics with the National TB Programme, with isolation beds for MDR TB.
Is the Gulab Devi heart emergency open at night?
Yes. The cardiology department says its cardiac emergency runs 24/7, including primary angioplasty for heart attacks.
How we verified this
What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.
Last checked 10 November 2026. Details are from Gulab Devi Teaching Hospital's own about page, departments page, pulmonology page, cardiology page, medicine and psychiatry pages, and contact page.
About the author
Public Services and Education Journalist
Fajr Riaz is a journalist and content writer at Pakistan Era, based in Lahore. She covers the questions people meet in everyday life in Pakistan: how a public service works, what a change in the rules means, and where to find a reliable answer.
