Month: August 2018
Dow Medical College Fete in 1954
This is from the collection of Mr. Nadeem S. Haroon whose uncle was in Dow at the time. Dow Medical College had the best fetes and shows in town. Many famous celebrities got propelled from here. Per Dowite Dr. Sohail Ansari on FaceBook post: There was one fete in our times at Dow held atRead More
A Page from Prof. Wahid’s Dairy
This page was sent to me from Prof. Abdul Wahid’s daughter Prof. Zarnaz Waheed. He wrote these verses, it seems in 1959 or maybe later. He read this after his retirement in 1985 at the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Class of 1960. Dr. Mohammad Hafeez Rahman recorded this and the video hasRead More
Souvenir of Pakistan Doctors Organization 1981-82
Pakistan Doctors Organization was formed in 1979 to represent the interest of young doctors who felt that the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) was not representing them. It was a Pakistan wide organization with the Karachi founders at Dow Medical College Karachi. The souvenir published by them is presented and recorded here for reference. The detailsRead More
DMC Class of 1960
The Girls of Class of 1960. Photo and tagging courtesy of Dr. Ghazala Ansari. Regards Amin H. Karim MD
Dow Medical Class of 1982-83
Photo courtesy DowLink published by The Dow Graduate Association of North America (DOGANA) Tagged courtesy of Dr. Ghazala Durrani of Class of 1977. Regards Amin H. Karim MD
Prof. Abdul Wahid Reciting Some Verses 1985.
This video took many years to be finally traced to Dr. Mohammad Hafeez Rahman MD who graciously gave it to for processing it into a movie. I first heard about the video at the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Class of 1960 in Houston in 2010. Prof. Adeeb Rizvi came from Karachi to attend hisRead More
Blood Pressure Prevalence in Karachi 2018
BLOOD PRESSURE PREVALENCE IN KARACHI: High blood pressure (BP) is one of the leading risk factors for global disease burden, accounting for 17% of all deaths worldwide . The approximate number of adults with elevated BP has increased from 594 million in 1975 to 1.13 billion in 2015, 258 million of whom were living inRead More
DMC 5th Annual Convocation 1979-80
SouvenirAnnualConvo79-80 Here is the Souvenir published at the occation of the 5th Annual Convocation in 1979-80. Chair person of the convocation committee was Late Prof. Razia Latif Ansari. The President of the Students’ Union was Dr. Naseem Azeez Shaikhani, who is currently in St. Louis USA and is the President Elect 2019 of the AssociationRead More