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Category: Original Research Papers

  • 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 has…

  • 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 in…

  • 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…