Kowsar Hospital
Kowsar Hospital Shiraz, affiliated with the charitable organization Fars Heart Foundation, commenced its activities in 2005 with the support of benevolent donors. Located on a 30,000 square meter plot in one of the greenest areas of Shiraz, the hospital offers specialized and super-specialized services with 300 inpatient beds, 18 operating rooms, and angiography facilities, equipped with the most advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment.
Since its establishment, Kowsar Hospital, in collaboration with over 1,000 of the most skilled medical, support, and administrative staff, and more than 250 of the top and most proficient specialists and super-specialists in various fields, has consistently achieved the highest national accreditation in Iran. It has been able to provide safe and high-quality services at very reasonable prices to patients and visitors from all over Iran.
Kowsar Hospital offers professional and distinguished services in two sections: the general operating room section (9 operating rooms), a specialized heart surgery operating room section (4 operating rooms), and a special angiography section for interventional (minimally invasive) cardiology procedures (4 rooms). Additionally, patients and visitors can, based on their medical needs and specialist recommendations, utilize 3 CCU units, 3 surgical units, cardiac surgery ICU, general surgery ICU, internal ICU, neonatal ICU, as well as maternity and obstetrics, post-CCU, internal medicine, and emergency departments.
In addition to its specialized clinics, Kowsar Hospital boasts the most advanced paraclinical departments in southern Iran. These include a specialized imaging department (featuring the most advanced 256-slice CT scan and 1.5 Tesla MRI from Philips), a nuclear medicine department (housing the only PET-CT device in the south of the country along with a radioiodine therapy section), as well as a well-equipped laboratory and pharmacy. The hospital provides unique services to its esteemed visitors.
Our reputation for medical excellence is well-earned
- Patient centered care delivered with compassion
- Quality services focused on safety, efficiency—and the best possible outcome for patients
- A nationally and internationally renowned multidisciplinary team of health care professionals, including medical/dental and surgical staffs numbering nearly 330.
- The most advanced diagnostic and treatment options available anywhere
- Nationally recognized heart and vascular care through the Fars Heart Foundation, founded at Shiraz Kowsar Hospital, and our unique clinical and research alliance with Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center at Fasa University of Medical Sciences.
- Nationally respected programs in cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, gynecology, orthopaedics, pulmonology, and urology
- A robust research program that has paved the way to innovative new treatment modalities
- A lengthy list of recognitions and achievements for our services—and our medical team
Mission
Shiraz Kowsar Hospital, the major hospital of Fars Heart Foundation, is dedicated to delivering exceptional PATIENT FIRST health care. We provide the region with the highest quality and latest medical advances through excellence in patient care, education and research.
Our vision
To be the trusted leader in caring for people and advancing health.
To treat each patient as we would a member of our own family by providing the best medical treatment with caring and compassion, responsive service, and intelligent use of resources. Through this achievement, we will be recognized as a national model for excellence in patient-centered care.
Values
Facts and Figures
- Specialist physicians: 266
- General Practitioners: 30
- Registered Nurses: 419
- Mid-wife Nurses: 70
- Operation Room Technicians: 111
- Radiology Technicians: 39
- Lab Technicians: 36
- Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technicians: 12
- Nuclear Medicine Technicians: 12