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The
opening
ceremony
was
a
grand
affair.
The
first
class
of
students
was
inducted
on
1st
June,
1959.
In
1963,
the
amalgamation
of
BMSI
and
all
units
of
JCH
led
to
the
creation
of
JPMC
with
the
combined
administration
headed
by
a
Director.
JPMC,
thus
established,
comprised
of
a
cluster
of
buildings
spread
over
148
acres.
The
prime
purpose
of
this
institution,
in
addition
to
treating
patients,
became
higher
medical
education,
training
and
research.
Thereafter,
with
the
passage
of
time,
more
buildings
were
constructed
to
cater
to
the
growing
needs
of
various
evolving
specialties.
It
can
now
proudly
claim
to
be
the
biggest
and
the
best
equipped
public
sector
hospital
in
Pakistan,
employing
highly
qualified
staff
in
numerous
specialties,
ready
to
render
quality
health
care
services
to
the
ailing.
In
the
process,
JPMC
also
imparts
high
quality
training
to
medical
graduates,
nurses
and
technicians
and
undertakes
meaningful
research
in
clinical
and
basic
medical
sciences. 1952,
Dow
Medical
College
(DMC)
was
attached
with
JCH.
In
August
1954
the
National
Assembly
of
Pakistan
authorized
the
Basic
Medical
Sciences
Institute
(BMSI),
as
basic
sciences
education
was
deemed
crucial
to
establishing
a
centre
for
higher
medical
education.
After
its
initial
establishment
at
DMC,
Karachi,
the
Government
of
Pakistan
changed
the
site
for
the
development
of
BMSI
to
a
building
situated
at
the
site
of
JCH.
The
Indiana
University
with
its
staff
embarked
on
the
establishment
of
BMSI,
headed
by
Dr.
Paul
A.
Nicoll,
Prof.
of
Physiology
who
deserves
major
credit
for
accomplishment
of
this
assignment.
He
was
ably
assisted
by
Dr.
Osgood
D
Priddle,
Prof.
of
Pharmacology
and
Dr.
Rolla
N.
Harger,
Prof.
of
Biochemistry.
The
BMSI
with
six
departments
and
laboratories,
including
Anatomy,
Biochemistry,
Microbiology,
Pathology,
Pharmacology
and
Physiology,
was
thus
established
as
the
most
updated
medical
institution
of
its
time.
The
official
opening
ceremony
was
held
on
11th
April,
1959.
Speakers
on
this
occasion
were
the
President
of
Pakistan,
General
Muhammad
Ayub
Khan,
President
of
Indiana
University,
Dr.
Harman
B.
Wells
and
Director
General
Health,
Col.
M.
Jaffer.After
the
creation
of
Pakistan
in
1947,
the
father
of
the
nation,
Quaid-e-Azam
Muhammad
Ali
Jinnah
was
requested
to
grant
approval
to
lend
his
name
to
the
hospital,
which
he
graciously
accorded,
with
the
condition
that
it
be
opened
for
the
public.
Thus
the
Medical
Corps
Hospital/British
General
Hospital
was
named
as
Jinnah
Central
Hospital
(JCH).
Being
the
capital
city
of
Pakistan
at
that
time,
Karachi
became
home
to
thousands
of
Federal
Government
employees,
who
settled
here
along
with
their
families.
The
Government
of
Pakistan
decided
to
establish
JCH
as
a
well
equipped
hospital
to
cater
for
their
medical
needs,
as
the
existing
Civil
Hospital
was
inadequate
for
this
purpose.The
journey
of
Jinnah
Postgraduate
Medical
Centre
(JPMC)
started
in
1930
in
Medical
Corps
Hospital,
meant
for
medical
aid
to
military
personnel
exclusively.
In
1942
it
was
re-named
as
the
British
General
Hospital
and
remained
as
such
till
1947;
a
100
bedded
hospital
with
all
basic
necessary
facilities
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