Fatima Jinnah Medical College
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The Fatima Jinnah Medical College, named after Fatima Jinnah
, is located in Lahore
, the capital of the Punjab
province of Pakistan
. Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a medical institution with purpose built facilities to teach and train female doctors and also impart instructions to the postgraduate students and provide medical and health care facilities to the citizens of the country particularly in and around Lahore and more particularly to the women population. It is now a tertiary health care unit in the city.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was established in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore by a philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram who also donated a piece of land.
The hospital was shifted to its present location in 1943 to cope with the growing demand for medical and health care services.
started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after national independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution for producing female doctors. It was especially felt that, by virtue of the cultural and social set up of a Muslim society, it was needed.
With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1939 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The Audio Visual Department has been provided with new computers and eight
The Fatima Jinnah Medical College, named after Fatima Jinnah
, is located in Lahore
, the capital of the Punjab
province of Pakistan
. Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a medical institution with purpose built facilities to teach and train female doctors and also impart instructions to the postgraduate students and provide medical and health care facilities to the citizens of the country particularly in and around Lahore and more particularly to the women population. It is now a tertiary health care unit in the city.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was established in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore by a philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram who also donated a piece of land.
The hospital was shifted to its present location in 1943 to cope with the growing demand for medical and health care services.
started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after national independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution for producing female doctors. It was especially felt that, by virtue of the cultural and social set up of a Muslim society, it was needed.
With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1939 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The Audio Visual Department has been provided with new computers and eight
The Fatima Jinnah Medical College, named after Fatima Jinnah
, is located in Lahore
, the capital of the Punjab
province of Pakistan
. Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a medical institution with purpose built facilities to teach and train female doctors and also impart instructions to the postgraduate students and provide medical and health care facilities to the citizens of the country particularly in and around Lahore and more particularly to the women population. It is now a tertiary health care unit in the city.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was established in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore by a philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram who also donated a piece of land.
The hospital was shifted to its present location in 1943 to cope with the growing demand for medical and health care services.
started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after national independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution for producing female doctors. It was especially felt that, by virtue of the cultural and social set up of a Muslim society, it was needed.
With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1939 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The Audio Visual Department has been provided with new computers and eight . Specialists in the fields of medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynaecology, ophthalmology and basic sciences have been trained.
FJMC alumni have a strong presence in North America. The North America wing of FJMC's alumni, holds annual meetings, and is engaged in projects to help FJMC students, researchers and faculty.
and College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
http://www.fjmc.edu.pk/aboutus/Affiliation.htm
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
, is located in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, the capital of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a medical institution with purpose built facilities to teach and train female doctors and also impart instructions to the postgraduate students and provide medical and health care facilities to the citizens of the country particularly in and around Lahore and more particularly to the women population. It is now a tertiary health care unit in the city.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was established in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore by a philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram who also donated a piece of land.
The hospital was shifted to its present location in 1943 to cope with the growing demand for medical and health care services.
History
In 1946 the family of Sir Ganga RamSir Ganga Ram
Sir Ganga Ram KCSI was an eminent civil engineer born in Mangtanwala, a small village of Punjab Province in British India now in Punjab, Pakistan and educated at the Thomason College of Civil Engineering 1873 batch...
started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after national independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution for producing female doctors. It was especially felt that, by virtue of the cultural and social set up of a Muslim society, it was needed.
With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1939 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Facilities
In the college library 12500 medical journals are available free on line with abstracts as well as full text with the help of HEC. Networking of the departments of the college and hospital is being planned with linkages to other national and international universities. There is free internet facility in library.The Audio Visual Department has been provided with new computers and eight
The Fatima Jinnah Medical College, named after Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
, is located in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, the capital of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a medical institution with purpose built facilities to teach and train female doctors and also impart instructions to the postgraduate students and provide medical and health care facilities to the citizens of the country particularly in and around Lahore and more particularly to the women population. It is now a tertiary health care unit in the city.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was established in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore by a philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram who also donated a piece of land.
The hospital was shifted to its present location in 1943 to cope with the growing demand for medical and health care services.
History
In 1946 the family of Sir Ganga RamSir Ganga Ram
Sir Ganga Ram KCSI was an eminent civil engineer born in Mangtanwala, a small village of Punjab Province in British India now in Punjab, Pakistan and educated at the Thomason College of Civil Engineering 1873 batch...
started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after national independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution for producing female doctors. It was especially felt that, by virtue of the cultural and social set up of a Muslim society, it was needed.
With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1939 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Facilities
In the college library 12500 medical journals are available free on line with abstracts as well as full text with the help of HEC. Networking of the departments of the college and hospital is being planned with linkages to other national and international universities. There is free internet facility in library.The Audio Visual Department has been provided with new computers and eight
The Fatima Jinnah Medical College, named after Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
, is located in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, the capital of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a medical institution with purpose built facilities to teach and train female doctors and also impart instructions to the postgraduate students and provide medical and health care facilities to the citizens of the country particularly in and around Lahore and more particularly to the women population. It is now a tertiary health care unit in the city.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was established in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore by a philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram who also donated a piece of land.
The hospital was shifted to its present location in 1943 to cope with the growing demand for medical and health care services.
History
In 1946 the family of Sir Ganga RamSir Ganga Ram
Sir Ganga Ram KCSI was an eminent civil engineer born in Mangtanwala, a small village of Punjab Province in British India now in Punjab, Pakistan and educated at the Thomason College of Civil Engineering 1873 batch...
started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. Soon after national independence in 1947, the college was closed and its premises abandoned. However, the medical professional Prof. Shujaat Ali with the help of his colleagues nurtured the idea of setting up a medical institution for producing female doctors. It was especially felt that, by virtue of the cultural and social set up of a Muslim society, it was needed.
With this objective the team of Prof. Shujaat Ali asked the approval of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
for the institution to be named after his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
. The Quaid approved the use of her name. Fatima Jinnah Medical College For Women Lahore admitted its first batch of 39 students in October 1948 and was formally inaugurated in March 1939 by Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Facilities
In the college library 12500 medical journals are available free on line with abstracts as well as full text with the help of HEC. Networking of the departments of the college and hospital is being planned with linkages to other national and international universities. There is free internet facility in library.The Audio Visual Department has been provided with new computers and eight . Specialists in the fields of medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynaecology, ophthalmology and basic sciences have been trained.
FJMC alumni have a strong presence in North America. The North America wing of FJMC's alumni, holds annual meetings, and is engaged in projects to help FJMC students, researchers and faculty.
Affiliations
The degree is granted by the University of Punjab, one of the oldest medical degree awarding institute of Pakistan, and is recognized by Pakistan Medical and Dental CouncilPakistan Medical and Dental Council
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council is the statutory regulatory authority for medical and dental education and practitioners in Pakistan. PMDC was established under Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Ordinance 1962 as a body corporate. It is part of International Community of Medical Regulatory...
and College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
http://www.fjmc.edu.pk/aboutus/Affiliation.htm