Hospitals
Islam taught that sick people should be looked after and that hospitals should be built to care for them. The Abbasid caliphs built a number of hospitals in Baghdad, the hospital buildings were very spacious and were built around garden courtyards, as Islamic doctors believed that gardens and running water helped patients get better quickly. The hospitals in Baghdad included a pharmacy, library and a small mosque. Qualified doctors cared for the sick and helped to train medical students. This was much more advanced than anything in Europe at the time.
Many hospitals were developed during the early Islamic era. They were called Bimaristan, which is a Persian word meaning house or place of the sick. The idea of a hospital being a place for the care of sick people was taken from the early Caliphs. The Bimaristan had a staff of salaried physicians and a well equipped dispensary. It treated the blind and other disabled people, and also separated those patients with leprosy from the rest of the ill.
Many hospitals were developed during the early Islamic era. They were called Bimaristan, which is a Persian word meaning house or place of the sick. The idea of a hospital being a place for the care of sick people was taken from the early Caliphs. The Bimaristan had a staff of salaried physicians and a well equipped dispensary. It treated the blind and other disabled people, and also separated those patients with leprosy from the rest of the ill.