Dow Medical College 1970

Dow Medical College 1970

 

Administrative Block of Dow Medical College as seen by students enrolling for MBBS in November 1970. Students would line up on the stairs, forms and HSC mark sheets in hand to apply for the medical school. Mr. Mohiuddin Ahmed was the Administrator in 1970. His office would receive the forms and arrange them according to the marks obtained in the HSC Pre-Medical exam. There were reserved seats for rural areas of Sindh, seats for Baluchistan, some for Punjab, seats for foreigners from Middle East countries;  Domicile certificate had to be submitted by all applicants from Karachi. Seats for girls were fixed number and not on open merit.  Results of admission were announced later. In 1970 about 90 boys and 60 girls were admitted. A lawsuit ensued in 1970 over some candidates submitting false domicile certificates. I am not sure what the final outcome was, but some students from other provinces with marks greater than those of Karachi students were denied admission because they could not prove their Karachi domicile.   This building was torn down in the later 70's to give way to a new building. 

Entered by Amin H. Karim MD Dow 1977. Sources of photo unknown.

 

Dow Medical College 2003

World Association of Dow Alumni Formed

World Association of Dow Alumni
The Grand Dow Alumni Meeting in Karachi
From December 22nd to December 25, ‘2003

With great pleasure we are posting a basic structure of the WADA website.
This is about a very successful Dow Alumni Celebration at the Dow in December 2003 inaugurating the World Association of Dow Alumni.

To create a network of Dowites living around the world to promote cooperation and coordination to help projects for Dow and Civil Hospital to improve the standard of healthcare care and medical education.

 

Coordinators

 PakistanDr. Masood Hameed
Dr. Teepu Sultan
Dr. Hamid Zaki
Dr. Saeeda Haider
Dr. Saeed Quraishy
Dr. Shoaib Tauheed
 
 United States
Dr. Iltafat Alavi
Dr. Zia Moiz Ahmad
Dr. Naseem Shekhani
Dr. Ahsan Rashid
Dr. Rizwan Karatela
Dr. Zeelaf Munir

Northern EuropeDr. Amir Ul Haq
Dr. Imran B. Chowdry
Dr. Shahabullah Qureshy
Dr. Shahid Qureshy
Dr. Umar Daraz Khan
Dr. Rahman Khan

Middle EastDr. Azar

New ZealandDr. Khateeb


The above information is from the website that was created in 2003. Do not know what eventually became of the organization. If any one has any information or this organization exists please let me know at globelinker@gmail.com.
Information posted by Amin H. Karim MD Dow 1877 Houston, Texas.

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DOW TARANA

“Yeh Dow Hamara Hey”

“Yeh Dow Hamara Hey” was very appropriately reflected in the song composed for the occasion by Dr. Saeeda Haider and put to the music by Dr. Hamid Zaki. This song later became known as Dow Tarana through out the week ....

 

 

 

Dow Medical College 2002

Class of 1977 Safe Motherhood Project

Recognition by Governor of Sindh

In October 2002, the Governor of Sindh recognized and appreciated both the Dowites 1976 and 1977 projects and awarded a Shield to the Dow 1977 class.

As a result of the efforts of the Dowites-1977 alumni, Government of Sindh created a separate Department of Ob-GYN Emergency. A school of Midwifery located within the new Labour Room premises as also created. Sufficient funds have been pledged to keep the project running fore the next 3 years under control of Dow-1977 class.

Dow Medical College 1950

 DMC as existed in 1950's 

This photo is courtesy of Dr. Syed U. Akthar. Probably taken from the residential buildings across the street from the main gate of Dow Medical College. Uploaded to the blog on November 16 2013 by Amin H. Karim MD

 

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Civil Hospital Building; Civil Hospital Karachi is the teaching hospital affiliated with Dow Medical College; Photo source unknown. Uploaded by Amin H. Karim MD on November 16 2013.

History of Our Institution (DOGANE)

History of Our Institution

From DOGANE Website

History of Our Institution

Historical Background:

Dow Medical College is situated in Karachi, the most heavily populated city in the country but was first established in Hyderabad, Pakistan as a small college. TheIndian Medical Council introduced a uniform standard of medical education before independence and either abolished or raised many medical schools to a university level. Through the untiring efforts of Dr. Holmisted, the Medical School at Hyderabad was granted a status of a Degree College in 1941 by the government of Sind. In the same year the government of Sind appointed a committee to implement this decision and to explore the feasibility of moving this medical school from Hyderabad to Karachi. 

The Committee in 1943 worked on plans for Dow Medical College and consisted of, Dr. Hermends R. Wadhwani, the then Minister of Public Health; Col. J. E. Gray, the then Inspector General of civil hospitals; and Mr. Abhichand, the then Executive Engineer, and Major (Later Lt. Col.) Aziz K. M. Khan continued this project during the absence of Col. Gray. Governor Maudie of Sind in Hyderabad inaugurated the college in 1945. Amongst the first group of forty-five admitted students was a Muslim girl named Ms. Fahmida Shaikh. 

The University of Bombay granted the College a temporary affiliation in 1944, which was later withdrawn on the recommendation of the three member committee comprised of Dr. Molgonkar, Dr. Yodh and Col. Jalal M. Shah. The Committee recommended moving the institution to Karachi and later the affiliation to University of Bombay was restored during the years 1945 and 1946. The new building’s foundation stone was laid in Karachi by Sir Hugh Dow, the Governor of Sind (after whom the medical college was named) on December 10, 1945.

The DOW Medical College was transferred from Hyderabad to Karachi on December 31, 1945. Dow Medical College occupied its new premises in the November of 1946. In December of 1946, the University of Bombay’s team of inspectors recommended to continue its affiliation to the College for the pre-clinical years and a conditional affiliation was set-up for the clinical subjects. When Pakistan gained its independence from the British Empire in 1947, Dow Medical College came under the University of Sind's jurisdiction. A new Committee was appointed by the University of Sind. It visited the institution on December 22nd 1947 and recommended full affiliation. It remained under the control of the Government of Sind until the central government took over it on July 8, 1951. The “Pakistan Medical and Dental Council” gave its recognition to the College in 1953. On March 7, 1962, it came under the jurisdiction of West Pakistan Government. With the dissolution of "One Unit", the Sind Government assumed its control over the College again on June 30, 1970.

The Student Union was formally established in 1951. Prior to this, the Student Union activities were largely run by the college staff. Mr. Sarwer and Mr. Sulaiman Karatela drafted the Constitution of the Student Union of Dow Medical College. The elections were held and Mr. Rehman Ali Hashmi was elected the first President of the Student Union. During this tenure, the Principal and the General Body of Students approved the constitution. The role of the Student Union had been vital in the shaping of Dow's activities. It provided a venue for cultural, political and creative activities in the Arts and Literature on a National Level. The “DMC Annual Mushairas” and Annual functions were keenly awaited by the entire city every year. The Student Union published it's first magazine in 1950 which was later named "DOWLITE" in 1951. In 1957, it started an Urdu magazine named "NAMUD-E-SAHER". The Student Union also established a “Lending Library” in 1952, initially with only a handful of books, which later grew to be a big source of books for the students. The College Mosque was built in 1961. In 1968 Arag Auditorium was built with the efforts of Surgeon A. Rahim.

The Main Auditorium, the new Medical Library and the Common Room Building were established in 1973. The Main Auditorium was later named after Prof. Khawaja Moin. The last major addition to Dow Medical College was the"Hygiene Block" Building in 1981. More recently a major project for the modernisation of the College has begun. The whole library system is being renovated with the addition of the latest audio-visual equipment, computers and multimedia learning resources for the medical students. Also Medline search will be available and students will have access to the Internet…

Source of above information: 
1. The Principal, Dow Medical College, Professor M. Shafi Quraishy 
2. Article by Dr. Mushtaq A. Khan, published recently in DOGANA directory. 
3. History of DMC an article in 6th annual convocation magazine: 1980.

 

Dow History Blog Posting Rules

Dow History Blog Posting Rules

Amin H. Karim MD Dow1977

email globelinker@gmail.com 

1) Any Dow alumni can post on this blog. This can be done by preparing an email with photos and text the way you wish to appear on the blog, writing your name and year of graduation and sending it to Amin H. Karim MD email globelinker@gmail.com. It will be published with credit being given to the writer and the owner of the photos if any. This blog is being started as a trial blog to see if we can put together all the information in one place and later make a permanent website. 

2) Please follow the rules to keep things uniform and smooth. 

3) The title of the post should be Dow Medical College followed by the year which is being discussed followed by the last name of the person posting. eg I have posted the first blog 

as Dow Medical College 1945 Karim. You can then add photos and descriptions and your own recollections etc. In this way the blogs will be arranged in a chronological fashion. 

Please write your name, year of graduation and email address under heading. If you wish you can add your photo. 

4) If the photo is your property please mention that; If you took it off someone else's blog or website, better to have their permission or atleast mention the source if you feel that this was a common photo or one scanned off one of the DMC magazines. 

5) Irrelevant blogs will be removed. No advertisements, announcements, electioneering, politics

or religion. Simply the history of Dow Medical College Karachi from its inception to present. 

6) Most interesting blogs will be describing your own experiences with the College and faculty. 

Please remember we are always respectful to our teachers, especially those who are no longer 

with us and cannot defend themselves. 

7) Other rules will be added as we go. This is a trial.  

Dow Medical College 1945

Sir Hugh Dow 

(Posted by Amin H. Karim MD Dow 1977, November 15 2013) 

Sir Hugh Dow,  (8 May 1886 – 20 November 1978) was an Indian civil servant during the British Raj.

Dow entered the Indian Civil Service in 1909 and served in various senior administrative and advisory capacities in pre-war India. From 1939 to 1941 he was Director-General of Supply and President of the War Supply Board, India, and from 1941 to 1946 Governor of Sind. He became Governor of Bihar in 1946. He was appointed a CIE in 1932, a CSI in 1937, knighted with the KCSI in 1940 and appointed a GCIE in 1947.

After leaving India he was Consul-General, Jerusalem, and then Chairman of the Royal Commission on East Africa.^[4]

Dow served as the second Governor of Sindh from 1 April 1941 to 14 January 1946 succeeding Sir Lancelot Graham.^[5] He laid the foundation stone of Dow Medical College, now a constituent college of the Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi in December 1945^[6]

(Reference Wikipedia)