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
Category: Dowite’s Original Works
Here we showcase Dowite’s original work, in poetry, art and design and literature.
The DMC Logo
Logo of our alma mater Dow Medical College. Dow University of Health Sciences has taken it over but for us it will always be Dow Medical College, Karachi, the first medical school in Karachi and the only one for 30 years. Amin H. Karim MD
The Artists of Dow 1970
Talent abounded in Dow Medical College. Drs. Usman Sadiq Baluch (Class of 1973) and Dr. Nasser Mahmood (Class of 1973) made pencil sketches which were published in the Namood-e-Sahar of 1970 (Silver Jubilee edition) Amin H. Karim MD
Dow’s Were the Days
Habib Bank Ltd Dow Medical College Branch 1966
A PAGE FROM DOW HISTORY 1966: Talking about Foundation Stones and Dow Medical College, here is the foundation of Habib Bank Limited, Dow Medical College Branch in April 1966. The Principal at that time Prof. Mahmud Ali Shah is looking over. He was the Principal for 14 years till 1969 when Prof. Abdul Waheed tookRead More
A Page from Dow History 1945 Sir Hugh Dow
Text courtesy of Dr. Adnan Zuberi, Hartlepool UK, Dow 1989 graduate.
The Letter from the grand daughter of Sir Hugh Dow
I received a very pleasant surprise. A letter from Ms. Helen Wagner, grand daughter of Sir Hugh Dow. It is addressed to all Dowites. She writes about her grandad, Sir Hugh Dow and her fond memories about him. I am sure all Dowities would love to read a personal account of Sir Hugh Dow writtenRead More
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 UniversityRead More
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