Sina Hospital

Following the return of Naser al-Din Shah from his trip to Europe in 1874, he ordered the construction of an infirmary similar to European hospitals. Moshiroddoleh, the Prime Minister, and Ali Qoli Mirza Etezad-ol-Saltaneh, the Minister of Education, were appointed to fulfill the job. The infirmary was established in 1877 and it was called the State Infirmary. Sina University Hospital is the first Iranian hospital established in 1837 in the heart of Tehrans historical district. In 1939, Professor Adl, the father of modern surgery in Iran, started to work as the head of the surgery department at Sina hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. After over 130 years of its establishment, Sina Hospital is still one of the most important education-treatment centers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and is one of the chief referral centers for trauma patients from all over the country. It is also one of the largest and most successful centers in restorative surger...