Dr. Syed Yusuf Iftikhar, a 1979 graduate of Dow Medical College Karachi; Dr. Iftikhar is a cancer surgeon in Derby, UK. In 2005 when Azad Kashmir was affected by a massive earthquake, he helped out with medical care in Balakot and went on the establish a hospital program in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. The program isRead More
Category: Humanitarian Efforts
Humanitarian and philanthropic efforts of Dowites around the Globe.
Prof. Fareeduddin Baqai (1935-2017)
Dr Fareed Uddin Baqai and his wife Dr Zahida Baqai were medical practitioners and surgeons who had been educated in Pakistan and the United Kingdom and began to practice in Karachi, which at that time was the capital. In the late 1960s, the Baqaians started a private sector hospital in Nazimabad,Read More
Dr. Mohammed Haroon Z. Khan Cochlear Implant Program
Dr. Mohammed Haroon Z. Khan. FRCS. Consultant ENT Surgeon, Rochandle, UK. Dow graduate of 1975; Class of 1977 remembers Dr. Khan as the RMO when we were preparing for Final MBBS Exam; I personally remember him going out of his way to show students ENT instruments, knowledge of which was vital for the oral ENTRead More
Free Ear Surgery Camp Sahiwal November 2013
Dowite 1977 Dr. Shaukat Malik (Sitting right) at the free Ear Surgery Camp, Sahiwal, November 2013.
Personal Memories of Dow by Busharat Ahmad MD (Class of 1956)
Personal memories and recollections. I migrated to Pakistan from Delhi India in October 1947 and joined D.J.S.Science College in Karachi and graduated with F.Sc. in 1949. I migrated to Pakistan from Delhi India in October 1947 and joined D.J.S.Science College in Karachi and graduated with F.Sc. in 1949.I applied to the Dow and was admitted inRead More
Dowite 1990 Healthcare Efforts.
Dr. Arshad Umer, a Dowite 1990 has founded a project under the name of Hamara Clinic, a non-profit organization whose mission is to establish free medical clinics in the slums and rural areas of Pakistan and all over the world. He recently visited Pakistan to get a first hand idea of the meager health facilitiesRead More