Sindh Medical College

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Sindh Medical College (SMC), is a medical college situated at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

SMC started functioning on April 7, 1973 after the final decision of a committee constituted by the Government of Sindh and after its budget was approved in the first week of March 1973. Its first group of students, numbering about two hundred, was admitted to its first year MBBS class in the College for the 1972-73 session, with the late Professor Dr. Khawaja Moin Ahmed as its Project Director and First Principal.

In the beginning the College operated in a building of the paediatrics ward of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. This building was actually an army barracks constructed in the year 1865 and transferred to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in 1959. In the beginning, there were three departments: anatomy (including histology), physiology, and biochemistry. In later years, a new academic block was constructed to house the departments of pathology, pharmacology, forensic medicine, and community medicine. This complex was equipped with modern audiovisual technology. It also housed new laboratories and museums, as well as administrative offices.

Since the foundation of the College in 1973, a boys' hostel has been organized and a building for a girls' hostel has been purchased by the PECHS.

The college is completely associated with the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, the National Institute of Child Health, and the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.

In 2003, SMC became a part of the Dow University of Health Sciences. It shares curriculum, faculty, and other resources with the other affiliated institutions of DUHS, namely DMC (Dow Medical College) and DIMC (Dow International Medical College). The former head of the physiology department at SMC is now the dean of DIMC.

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Colleges and Universities in Karachi

Aga Khan University • APIIT • Applied Economics Research Centre • Bahria University • D J Science College • Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education • Dawood College of Engineering and Technology • Dow University of Health Sciences • Fatima Jinnah Dental College • Federal Urdu University • Hamdard University • Indus Valley Institute of Art and Architecture • Institute of Business Administration • Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering (IIEE) • Islamia Science College • Iqra University • Jamia Binoria • Jinnah University for Women • Mohammad Ali Jinnah University • NED University of Engineering and Technology • National Academy of Performing Arts • PAF-KIET • Pakistan Maritime Academy • Pakistan Navy Engineering College • Saint Joseph's College • Saint Patrick's College • SZABIST • Sindh Muslim Law College • Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology • Textile Institute of Pakistan • Usman Institute of Technology • University of Karachi • Virtual University of Pakistan • Ziauddin Medical University

v • d • e Institutions and colleges affiliated with Dow University of Health Sciences

Dow Medical College • Sindh Medical College • Dow International Medical College • Institute of Medical Technology • Institute of Nursing • Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases • Dr. Ishratul Ibad Institute of Oral Health Sciences