Lady Dufferin Hospital

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Lady Dufferin Hospital is located in Karachi, Sindh, and it is the largest women's hospital in Pakistan. The hospital, which was completed in 1898, was named after the British peeress Lady Dufferin. Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, gave birth to a son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the hospital in 1988.

Donations

Seth Edulji Dinshaw contributed a sum of Rs. 50,000/- for its establishment[1]

Foundation laying ceremony

The foundation laying ceremony was performed on 12 November 1894 by Lady Elgin.[1]

In 1915, Dr. Elizabeth Stephens Imprey was appointed the new head of the hospital, but she never made it to Karachi from England. She boarded the P & O liner SS Persia as a first class passenger in Tilbury, London. The ship was sunk off Crete's coast by a German submarine on December 30, 1915. More than 340 passengers drowned, including Dr. Imprey.

Features

Initially, a ward in this hospital was kept specifically for Parsis.[1] In January 1917, the Virbaijee Maternity Wing was opened.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jehangir Framroze Punthakey, The Karachi Zoroastrian Calendar, A record of Important Events in the Growth of the Parsi Community in Karachi, Karachi, (1996) p. 100
  2. ↑ Jehangir Framroze Punthakey, The Karachi Zoroastrian Calendar, A record of Important Events in the Growth of the Parsi Community in Karachi, Karachi, (1996) p. 101

Coordinates: 24°51′30″N 67°00′28″E / 24.8583°N 67.0078°E / 24.8583; 67.0078

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