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, Karachi, the Baqai Hospital Nazimabad, which became a general hospital with 350 beds and modern facilities aimed at middle-income private patients, also doing charitable work.
In 1976 the Baqai Foundation acquired land on the outskirts of Karachi, on the M-9 Super Highway. The Baqais founded the Baqai Medical Complex.
They convinced the government that health delivery could be through a programme of community-oriented medical education. This stimulated them to plan a medical college. In 1988, the first MBBS students were admitted, although it was not until 1990 that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council formally permitted the college to start clinical teaching at Baqai Hospital, Nazimabad. In 1992, the Baqai Foundation went on to establish the Baqai Dental College, the first such college for the huge city of Karachi.
Institutions
The institutions of the university includes
Baqai Medical College
Baqai Dental College
Baqai College of Veterinary Sciences
Baqai Cadet College
Baqai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Baqai Institute of Health Management Sciences
Baqai Institute of Hematology
Baqai Institute of Medical Technology
Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology
Baqai Institute of Chest Diseases
Baqai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
Baqai Institute of Reproduction and Developmental Sciences
Department of Social Obstetrics
Baqai Institute of Information Technology
Baqai Institute of Physical Therapy
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He was born on 22nd May, 1935 in Delhi, did his MBBS in 1958 from Dow Medical College and obtained FRCS from Edinburgh in 1965: Dr. Baqai passed away peacefully on July 9 2017 in Karachi survived by his wife and son Shoaib Baqai.
