Dow’s 68 year old history is marked with many milestones and landmark events. Some are recorded here.
Dow Medical College celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary (Silver Jubilee) in 1970 with much fanfare. The entire medical college faculty and Civil Hospital Karachi participated. Here is the cabinet that worked hard to organize the occasion. Amin H. Karim MD April 14 2018.
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
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 prestigiousRead More
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. TheRead More
On Thursday, January 16, 2014 2:45 AM, Raza Rahman <razaur@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Colleagues Salaam, It an honor to share the moment of inclusion of psychiatry in undergraduate examination at Dow University of Health Sciences DUHS. Last week following distinguished examiners conducted the TOCS examination of Psychiatry at Dow University. In forthcoming National psychiatric conference atRead More
My name is SYED KHALID ANWER. I am the President of the Students union at Dow. Yes you read it right, ” AM’” DMCSU 1983 is the last union at Dow, after which the students unions were banned. So technically I am still the incumbent President. I am an Ophthalmologist and am based in UKRead More
Borrowed the line from the famous TV series Cheers’s theme song. In 1980s, it was a big hit and I am sure many of us remember it well. It does resonate with the theme of this blog. Hoping people come to this place … Making your way in the world today Takes everything you’ve gotRead More
Any thing about Dow Any item, piece of information, historical accounts, original articles, art work related to Dow will be a great idea to chronicle here on this blog. You may have saved political pamphlets or the election badge you may have kept as a souvenir. May be the class list, the grade book, theRead More
The Dow Milestones, Landmark Events By Professor Shafi Quraishy The original article was written by Dr. Shafi Quraishy for the publication for the 50th Anniversary of Dow in 1995. Later he edited the article for the publication about Dow History. Here is the printed version of that article.
