Sina Hospital History
Before Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, there was no such thing as a hospital or sick house, and patients were treated by Hakim Bashi’s. Until Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, after returning from his first European trip in 1873, while being heavily influenced by European industrial developments, ordered the construction of a hospital in the style of European hospitals. At the same time, a branch called the field of medicine was opened in the Dar al-Funun school and it was decided that the medical students would use the government hospital for their education, as several times a week the students of Dar al-Funun went to the government hospital with their professors and stayed in the rooms Patients were hospitalized and received practical training.
During the reign of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, the first reconstruction and organization of the hospital was done by the Germans, and the remaining buildings of this hospital have retained their German structure, and over the years, various other departments were added to this hospital. Between the reign of Pahlavi I and Pahlavi II, this hospital was equipped with departments of internal medicine, surgery, urology, radiology, ophthalmology, dentistry, ear, nose and throat, and dermatology. This hospital continued to work under the name of the government hospital until 1940, and in that year, in order to honor and appreciate the father of Iranian medicine, Abu Ali Sina, the name "Sina" was replaced by the government hospital, which is still operating under the same name.
After 1940, major changes were made in Sinai Hospital, and the hospital was annexed to the Faculty of Medicine of Tehran University, and in the 40s, under the leadership of Professor Adel, who had just returned from France, various other medical departments were added to the buildings. Professor Adel's presidency was the beginning for the advancement of surgery in the country. While training professors and great surgeons, he sent them to the cities. In the early 50s, neurosurgery, heart surgery, dialysis and orthopedic departments were gradually added to the hospital complex. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, this hospital was expanded to Si Tir Street (Qawam Al-Sultaneh) and two buildings were added to the three main buildings that were standing from the beginning.
"Government Hospital" with 400 beds and three separate buildings was established on Imam Khomeini Street. According to the documents available in one of the hospital buildings, more than 2,500 patients were treated in the first year of establishment.