Category Archives: HealthCare Institutions

FESTIVAL CRICKET MATCH 1972

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Amin H. Karim MD

FESTIVAL CRICKET MATCH 1972 DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE, KARACHI.   by Amin H. Karim MD, Class of 1977.October 16 2022 A friendly cricket march was played between the faculty and students of Dow Medical College in the early 1970’s at Karachi Gymkhana.  The … Continue reading →

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Sind Medical College 1973

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Dr. Sohail Ansari Army barracks constructed in 1865 got occupied by Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in 1959. There arose a need for another medical college in Karachi. The search for someone to convert the idea into reality led to … Continue reading →

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Liaquat National Hospital

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Dr. Saad Bashir    One of the oldest major hospitals in Karachi is the Liaquat National Hospital. Soon after the creation of Pakistan the Red Cross Committee, which was chaired by Syed Wajid Ali, (one of the three illustrious … Continue reading →

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Karachi’s Roadside Dentists

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Anjum Khan  Road side “Dandaan saaz,”the poor man’s dentists:-😓 The phrase Neem Hakeem “khatra e jaan” sits best on these road side Dundaan saaz (self acclaimed Dental physicians) .. more then their audacity and confidence of playing with the … Continue reading →

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Victoria Block of Civil Hospital Karachi

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Amin H. Karim MD The VICTORIA OR THE JUBILEE BLOCK Civil Hospital Karachi originally served as the living quarters for the Nursing Superintendent of the hospital. An additional building was constructed after the partition to accommodate out of city … Continue reading →

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Ayurvedic Stores of Arambagh

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Amin H. Karim MD

By  Amin H. Karim MD 1983: Corner of Shahrah-e-Liaquat and Arambagh Road. There were stores on the front of Shevakunj Hostel which once was a residence for NED College of Engineering Students. It is later occupied by Rangers, but lately … Continue reading →

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Holy Family Hospital, Karachi.

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Amin H. Karim MD

Holy Family Hospital, Karachi By Menin Rodrigues The Holy Family Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan was founded in 1948 by the Medical Mission Sisters, a Roman Catholic religious order for women based in Philadelphia, USA. This was at a time when very … Continue reading →

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Dow Medical College Inauguration 1945

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Amin H. Karim MD

Sohail Ansari There was a long standing medical school in Hyderabad. In 1930’s reforms were brought in to health and medical education. The school in Hyderabad gave a diploma level licensure; those taking course needed only matriculation for the course. There … Continue reading →

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The Ojha Sanatorium Karachi

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD

By  Amin H. Karim MD THE TB OJHA SANATORIUM, KARACHI: DEEPCHAND TEJHANDAS OJHA was a well known philanthropist of Karachi, He belonged to the renowned family of Ojhas whe were vaids by profession. He died in 1928 of TB and … Continue reading →

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Prof. Habib Patel (1912-2004)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD

Prof. Habib Patel was born in 1912 in India. He was an outstanding student at the Grant Medical College, Bombay and was appointed to the faculty in 1941. He was invited by the Government of Sindh in 1947 to come over … Continue reading →

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