Internal Organization of Hospitals in Al-buoys Era

In ancient times, internal affairs and organizational structure of Iran’s hospitals were known to benefit from hierarchy and different sectors which were obtained over the time through efforts of Iranian physicians and their medical advances. Following to decline of the ancient Iran in Islamic caliphate era, some hospitals were built during the first centuries of Islam in Muslim countries that construction and organization of them were directly modeled from internal organizations of Iranian hospitals. Some hospitals were established in Islamic territory with direct involvement and cooperation of Iranianpeople and physicians and it is noteworthy to mention that in designing the internal structure of these medical centers, their management and medical practices, Jundishapur and Khuzy physicians had played the major role. From among the hospitals that could reach to impressive and credible levels from internal affairs and organizational hierarchy in treating patients, we can name the hospitals which were built in Al-Boyeh era in Fars and Bagdad . Considering that Al-Boyeh rulers had special vision toward Iranian ancient science and scientists, in that time the accomplishments of Iranian physicians, hospital management and their therapy method were modeled more accurately and with regard to advancements that Iranian and non-Iranian physicians had archived in post-Islam era, hospitals of this period had became a momentum in the fields of education, treatment and owning various proficiencies and they played a very important role in advancing medical and hospital affairs in Islamic era. However, establishment of specialized hospital departments and recruiting specialists of different fields of medicine, innovations of new treatment methods, compiling and translation of great medical and pharmaceutical works, establishing equipped pharmacies, preparation of surgical equipments and also constructing worthwhile library, taking health affairs into consideration, educating physicians and pharmacists were among the advantages and characteristics of hospitals in that era.