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Living Legend Award presented to Dr. Tipu Sultan
At a packed event held at the PMA (Pakistan Medical Association) House in Karachi on the evening of 26 January 2025, the eminent anesthesiologist and Chancellor of Malir University of Science and Technology, Dr. Tipu Sultan, was presented with the Living Legend Award by the College of Family Medicine.
Fifteen prominent citizens, including several senior medical practitioners and close family members, paid rich tributes to Dr. Tipu Sultan for his sterling contributions to medical and health education, social service, and philanthropy. Prof. Tipu’s services to poor and helpless patients were highly appreciated. His hard work in building a unique surgical ICU in a public-sector hospital was disclosed. This ICU was absolutely free to the patients and is still free and now run by his ex-students. He established Koohi Hospital and many other projects until the task of making a giant Malir University of Science and Technology
Welcoming attendees to the event, Dr. Shehla Naseem, Secretary General of the College of Family Medicine, said both society and the medical community are indebted to Dr. Tipu Sultan for having helped establish the College of Family Medicine as a forum to strengthen a holistic, harmonious approach to health care and collective wellbeing. She said while all prayed for the long life of Dr. Tipu Sultan it was important to honour him during his lifetime and in the presence of his family, former students, contemporaries, and admirers.
Former Senator Javed Jabbar referred to the humanistic values of Dr. Tipu Sultan and his family, who transcend all ethnic and other differences to serve the most disadvantaged citizens selflessly. He said such aspects best express the distinctive fusion of migrant and indigenous identities, marking the evolution of the Pakistani nation-state.
In his remarks, Syed Jawaid Iqbal, Chairman of the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), said it was his privilege to know Dr. Tipu Sultan and to be aware of his long and sincere contributions to public welfare and as a mentor to hundreds of medical students.
As founding Chancellor, Dr. Tipu Sultan is presently leading the completion of the construction of the large campus of Malir University in suburban Karachi to bring quality higher education to the doorstep of low-income communities. The family, which includes his brothers, who are publicly well-known, eminent practitioners such as Dr. Sher Shah Syed and Dr Siraj ud Daula, comprises a total of 38 doctors, including daughters and sons. They have collectively donated 14 acres of their private land for the construction of the University campus adjacent to their long-established Koohi Goth Hospital, which offers totally free treatment to thousands of women suffering from fistula and other ailments.
Those who shared reminiscences and presented fond tributes were the award-recipient’s wife, Dr. Talat Sultan, his brother Professor Dr. Siraj ud Daula, his sisters Dr. Shaheen Zafar and Professor Safia Siddiqui, Pervez Iqbal, Professor Iqbal Afridi, Dr. Col. (r) Rashid Iqbal Khan, Dr. Amin Kharadi, Professors Dr. Zaman Shaikh, Dr. M. Umair, Dr. Sarwar Siddiqui, Dr. Qaiser Sajjad, Dr. Altaf Khatri, and Dr. Kashif Khalid.
The event concluded with a cake-cutting ceremony and the presentation of the Living Legend Award.
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