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Category: Dow & CHK Facilities

  • Foundation of Dow Medical College Dec 10 1945

    Photos courtesy of Dr. Sohail Ansari

  • Inauguration of Dow Medical College Building 1945.

    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…

  • Retracing History: Inauguration Day, Dow Medical College 1945

    By Raamish Karatela Dow Medical College is one the oldest Medical Colleges in Pakistan. It was established under British rule in 1945 under the leadership of Sir Hugh Dow (the then Governor of Sind) and his Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hermandas Wadhwant. It has since then served as one of the premier and prestigious…

  • The Dow Snack Corner – Haji Saheb and Shaji

    Recently we received email from Anis Rehman who remembers his days in Dow when his father, our Haji Saheb and his uncle Shahji used to run the famous Dow Snack Corner and Canteen. Now a grown man and doing quite well, he saw our Dow Days Blog and noted the post on Dow Canteen he sent…

  • The Famous Dow Canteen

    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The Dow Canteen The famous Dow Medical College Canteen 1997. Note student party office on the ground floor with the Pakistan Post Office next to it. The Post Office issued National ID cards when they were first introduced. The canteen is no longer there replaced by the Dow University Building in 2008.…

  • Dow & CHK, Paediatric Ward in 1965

    Thanks to Dr. Syed Nasim Hyder, Dow Class of 1965 for providing this picture and information. Here is a picture shot in 1965 showing Paediatric ward. I am interested to know about the dwarf standing in the fore front who was a trade mark of the ward at that time.Please post it at your web…

  • Dow and DMCSU in 1965 -1966

    Some of the pictures from 1965-66. The visit of health secretary visit, inauguration of Habib Bank in Dow Medical College in 1966. The information and pictures provided by Dr. Zakiuddin Oonwala.  Amir Mohammed Khan Health Secretary, West Pakistan inaugurated Post office Premises and laid the foundation of Habib Bank Branch within the college premises. The…

  • Dow Medical College will be 69 year-old

    Happy Birthday to Dow On December 10th, 2014, our Dow will be 69 year old. To all the Dowites since the first graduating class we say Happy Birthday. Happy birthday to our Alma Mater. This is the time to share the memories about your Dow Days. We will be posting few pictures, news items from…

  • The Distinguished Career of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Recognized by Dow Alumni

    This article is related to the recognition of Dr. Sultan Ahmed (Dow 1963) for his life long services to Dow and CHK. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 July 2006 S. Sultan Ahmed, MD, SQA, Sultan Ahmed, MD Dr. Sultan Ahmed entered Dow Medical College in 1958 after obtaining B.Sc. from D.J.…

  • Professor Fazal Elahi Remembered

    Prof. Fazal Elahi was Prof of Surgery and Head of Department Of Surgery at Dow & CHK. We honoured his memory, with a plenary lecture dedicated to him in Surgicon 2013 conference, organized by the Society of Surgeons Pakistan, Karachi Chapter, in December 2013. Dr. Rizwan Azami, Vice President, College of Physician Surgeon Pakistan, wrote and…