Speakers paid tribute on Thursday to Shifa International Hospital’s (SIH) founder, former President and CEO Dr Zaheer Ahmad who died of a brain haemorrhage this year. The speakers were participating in a seminar titled ‘Byaad-e-Dr Zaheer Ahmad’, which was organised by SIH. They said he was a remarkable human being who wanted to see his country prosper among nations. Dr Zaheer returned from USA to build a tertiary care hospital that has since grown into a leading private hospital that operates at international standards. He also established an NGO, Tameer-e-Millat Foundation (TMF) and a network of schools from Karachi to Gilgit Baltistan as well as the Shifa Foundation (SF) to provide healthcare facilities to those who could not afford expensive treatment.
SIH President and CEO Dr Manzoor Qazi said: “Although everything has changed for us after his death but nothing has changed at the organisation’s level as Dr Zaheer was a visionary person who strengthened SIH, SF, TMF and Shifa College of Nursing as an institution and established a system where these institutions could be run efficiently by his team.”
He said the mission of Dr Zaheer to establish a the ‘City of Knowledge’ university and making Islamabad a city of medicine would come true as Dr Zaheer’s team was committed to following in his footsteps.
