| |
| S.
M. Sohail Trust is named after a legal luminary of Karachi, who
was an active participant in the freedom movement as President
of provincial Muslim League and also President of Bihar
Relief Fund. After 1947, he became Secretary of
the Pakistan Bar Council, founding Managing Director
of Karachi Co-operative Housing Union and Chairman Public
Accounts Committee of West Pakistan Assembly. He
was an ardent advocate of education and founded Sharfabad
English School. |
| In
1997, the Trust established the School of Nursing at Medicare
Hospital, which has consistently shown good results in
board examinations. In 1998, the Trust established
Jinnah Medical and Dental College, admitting its first batch
of MBBS students. In 1999, the Dental Section
was established and admitted its first batch of BDS students.
In 2003, the Department of Pharmacy was established which
offers Doctor of Pharmacy programme |
| The
Trust has built a teaching hospital in the Korangi Industrial
Area for low-income residents. This not-for-profit
hospital is ideal for training of undergraduates and post-graduates. |
| Dr.
Syed Tariq Sohail |
Chairman
|
Consultant
Psychiatrist,
Managing Trustee S.M.Sohail Trust. |
| Mrs.
Bano Roshan Ali Bhimjee |
Member |
Business
Person |
| Prof.
Dr.Azhar Husain |
Member |
Principal,
Jinnah Medical and Dental College |
| Mrs.
Ghazala Sohail |
Member |
Trustee,
S.M.Sohail Trust |
| Mr.
Shaheen Siddiqui |
Member |
Business
Person |
| Dr.
Zahra Hasan |
Member |
Asst.
Prof. A.K.U.H |
| S.M.
Sohail Trust owns and operates Jinnah Medical and Dental
College, Jinnah College of Pharmacy, Medicare School of
Nursing and Jinnah Medical College Hospital, which is
a 300-bed teaching hospital. S.M Sohail Trust now
has 4 teaching units with more than 700 students.
|
| JMDC
admitted its first batch of MBBS students in 1998 and
its first batch of BDS students in 1999. Our first
batch of doctors and dentists graduated in June 2003.
The College is affiliated with the University of Karachi
and recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.
Graduates from JMDC are eligible to sit for foreign qualifying
examinations such as USMLE (ECFMG). |
| To
date, JMDC students have earned a total of 186 distinctions
in MBBS subjects and 108 distinctions in BDS subjects
on the Professional Examinations conducted by the University
of Karachi. Fourteen students have also taken positions
in the University of Karachi Professional Examinations! |
|
