Adeebul Hasan Rizvi

Adeebul Hasan Rizvi
Born 11 September 1938
Jaunpur district, British India[1]
Nationality  Pakistan
Occupation Physician and Surgeon


Dr. Syed Adeebul Hasan Rizvi (also spelled: Adibul Hasan Rizvi) is a renowned Pakistani philanthropist and founder of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).[2][3][4]

Early life and career

Syed Adeebul Hasan Rizvi was born on 11 September 1938 in a small village in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 1968 . Then he went to UK to pursue higher studies. After finishing his studies there, he returned to Pakistan. "In those days most people returned from UK with cars but guess what Dr. Rizvi returned with a container full of medical equipment."[1]

While living in UK, Dr. Rizvi saw National Health Service working there and he decided to try that idea in Pakistan. Dr. Rizvi set up an eight-bed urology ward at the Civil Hospital, Karachi in 1970.[1]

SIUT started as an eight-bed ward at Civil Hospital, Karachi, and has grown to be Pakistan's leading & largest Urology and Transplantation Institute.[5][6]

Dr. Rizvi is the president of the Transplant Society of Pakistan.[7] In 2003, Dr. Rizvi led a team of SIUT surgeons that performed the first successful liver transplant on an infant in Pakistan.[8]

In 2001, police arrested "a gang that was planning to murder" Dr. Adibul Hasan Rizvi.[9]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 3 Profile of Adeebul Hasan Rizvi, spiritual-legacy.com website, Published 10 June 2013, Retrieved 19 June 2017
  2. ↑ Profile of Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi on BBC News website, Published 19 October 2014, Retrieved 19 June 2017
  3. ↑ "KARACHI: Experts back ban on organ 'donation' to foreigners". Dawn newspaper. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ↑ philanthropist
  5. ↑ "Prof Dr. Adeebul Hasan Rizvi". www.siut.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi, a Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient in 1998, rmaward.asia website, Retrieved 19 June 2017
  7. ↑ Zardari donates all body organs, The News International newspaper, Published 18 March 2010, Retrieved 19 June 2017
  8. ↑ "Pakistan performs first successful liver transplant on an infant", abc.net.au website, Published 29 November 2003, Retrieved 19 June 2017
  9. ↑ Ahmad, K. (2002). "Pakistani doctors strike after ten doctors murdered this year". The Lancet. 359 (9314): 1322–1322. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08332-0.
  10. ↑ Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi in 2015, Dawn newspaper, Published 28 January 2015, Retrieved 19 June 2017
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