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.
His son, Professor Dr. Syed Tariq Sohail, an eminent
Psychiatrist, Educationist and Civil Society Activist,
inherited Mr. S. M. Sohail’s passion for education. He
established the S.M. Sohail Trust in 1996, which
owns Jinnah Medical and Dental College and the
attached teaching Hospitals: Jinnah Medical College
Hospital, Medicare Dental Hospital and Medicare Cardiac & General Hospital.
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MEDICARE SCHOOL OF NURSING
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In 1997, the Trust established the School of Nursing
at Medicare Hospital, which has consistently shown
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JINNAH MEDICAL & DENTAL COLLEGE
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In 1998, the Trust established Jinnah Medical
College, admitting its first batch of MBBS students.
In 1999, Jinnah College of Dentistry was opened and
admitted its first batch of BDS students.
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MEDICARE DENTAL HOSPITAL
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The Trust established Medicare Dental Hospital in
2000.
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JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL
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The Trust built a teaching Hospital in the Korangi
Industrial Area for low-income residents. This
not-for-profit Hospital is ideal for training of
undergraduate and postgraduate students. The
JMCH Outpatient Department opened to the public
in 2002. Inpatient services were available from April
2003.
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER
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In 2004, the Trust established a Primary Health Care
Center in a katchi abadi in Landhi for outreach
services to a disadvantaged community lacking
access to good quality health services. This provides
a firm basis for community health services, as
community oriented medical education (COME) is an
important part of the Mission Statement.
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JINNAH COLLEGE OF NURSING
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The Trust established Jinnah College of Nursing in 2009.
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MEDICARE CARDIAC AND GENERAL HOSPITAL |
A state of the art teaching Hospital at
Shaheed-e-Millat Campus. The Hospital has 120
beds, providing the entire range of cardio vascular
and surgery services, including 24-hour Emergency,
Angiography, Angioplasty and Cardiac Surgery with
ICU and CCU. This will provide a new dimension for
teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students
as they have the privilege of being exposed to a
modern, high-tech hospital in the heart of the city.
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