Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s.
One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory.
Muslim General Hospital strongly focuses on delivering health care services affordably catering to the needs, the situation demands. We never turn away a patient simply because the patient could not afford our service but rather channelize our own social responsibilities and goodwill of the community to fund such needy people.