The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (J.P.M.C., also known as ''Jinnah Hospital, Karachi'') is located at ''Rafiqui Shaheed Road'' in

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area of

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. Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre In 2015, approximately one million patients visit the hospital complex annually and it is considered one of the biggest government-operated hospitals in Karachi.

History and background

After the

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in 1947, the founder of the nation,

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

was asked for approval to lend his name to the hospital. Jinnah granted the approval with the condition that the hospital be opened to the public. In 1952,

Dow Medical College Dow Medical College is a public medical school located in the city of Karachi, Sindh. It was founded in 1945 and named after British civil servant Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sindh. In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newly forme ...

was attached with the Jinnah Central Hospital. Then after a consolidation of many departments and laboratories in the area, an updated medical institution was opened. The opening ceremony was a big event on 11 April 1959 with

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addressing the audience on the occasion. In 2007, then

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formally spoke at the foundation-stone laying ceremony of JPMC Medical Towers and a five-star hotel project.Keti Bandar project may be revived (includes info on JPMC Medical Towers building also)
Dawn (newspaper), Published 22 March 2007, Retrieved 2 April 2021

References

External links

JPMC or Jinnah Hospital, Karachi, official website
Hospitals in Karachi Hospital buildings completed in 1959 Universities and colleges in Karachi Hospitals established in 1959 1959 establishments in Pakistan Memorials to Muhammad Ali Jinnah {{Pakistan-hospital-stub

History and background

See also

References

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