This hospital is established in the old commissioner’s house. The first commissioner who resided at the residence was Lt. Col. Henry Percy in 1901. It has an area of 61 Kanals. In 2004, Government of the Punjab decided to establish a Cardiac Center on this land and the construction of building also started in 2004.
In Pakistan, with a population of 160 million there were three established Institutes of Cardiology. (Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore). There was a great need to develop an independent centre for treatment of Heart disease in South Punjab with a population of over 30-40 million people. This cardiac center is providing services not only to the people of South Punjab but also to adjacent areas of Balochistan, Sindh & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Initially it was named as Multan Institute of Cardiology. Later, its name was changed to Ch. Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology Multan. The work progressed at a great speed. Building was completed by 2006. It has a total area of approximately 61 kanals including main hospital building, nursing & doctors hostels. It was built at a total cost of approximately Rs. 1373.758 million. The total bed capacity of the hospital was 279.
In order to meet the growing need for more beds, The new OPD block comprises of 24 kanals with bed capacity of 208. With the new OPD and Inpatient Block, Institute is able to provide cardiac care services more efficiently.
With the further expansion of the Emergency, CCU, and Angiography wards, the bed capacity of the hospital has increased to 554 beds.