INAUGURATION OF DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE BUILDING 1945.
Amin H. Karim MD
Dow Class of 1977
Dow Class of 1977
November 1945: The inauguration of the building of Dow Medical College, Karachi. Minister of Sindh Mr. Pir Ilahi Bux addressing the audience. Governor of SIndh Mr. Maudi (seated) inaugurated the Building. 45 students were later admitted to the first batch among them one Muslim girl named Ms. Fahmida Shaikh.
Dow Medical College (now Dow University of Health Sciences) is 72 years old and
Civil Hospital Karachi is 122 years old.
These 2 institutions are the icons of Karachi and their history parallels the history of
Karachi.
Source: Souvenir published by DMC at their Golden Jubilee. 1998.