The paramedical staff, along with doctors and nurses, forms an important cadre of health workers. Unavailability of human resources, particularly of paramedical staff, of good quality and inadequate number is the major hindrance in providing and sustaining effective healthcare to communities.

Isra School of Paramedics was established in 2001 under the authority of Government of Sindh, Ministry of Health letter #: S.M.F/1-33/97. It is a constituent body of Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences of Isra University.