KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

King Edward Medical University was founded in 1860 as Lahore Medical School. It is the oldest Medical University of Pakistan. King Edward Medical University has a very long tradition of excellence going back to 146 years. This is the second oldest seat of medical learning in the Subcontinent, the first being in Calcutta. King Edward Medical University is even older than the University of the Punjab, the latter being established in 1870 as the Punjab University College and the university status was granted in 1882. In 1860, the Lahore Medical School started functioning in the artillery barracks at the present site of Government College University, Lahore. The attached hospital was located in a Stable where we have the Tibbi Police Station now. The first Principal was Dr. J.B. Scriven (1860 - 1870). A total of 49 students were admitted, and were taught by only two teachers, the Principal and one Professor of these 49 students, 27 got their Medical Diplomas in 1863. In 1886 the Medical School was renamed as the Lahore Medical College. In 1891, the Licentiate Diploma was re-designated as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). The first Principal after partition was Lt. Col. Ilahi Bukhsh. The college has been upgraded to the status of University and the then Principal of the college Professor Mumtaz Hasan (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) became the first Vice Chancellor of King Edward Medical University. The Vice Chancellor of King Edward Medical University, Lahore is the Chairman of Admission Board for King Edward Medical University and other Govt. Medical Colleges of the Punjab.
In 1870, the construction of the attached teaching hospital was completed and was named after the then Viceroy of India, Lord Mayo (Mayo Hospital). During 1910-1915, new buildings were constructed from King Edward Memorial Funds, and with the Sovereign permission named King Edward Medical College. There were generous donations by the rulers of various princely states of Punjab; that is why various University blocks bear the name of the donors. The major ones are:
1. Patiala block (administrative block, library, lecture theatres)
2. Bahawalpur block (Pathology, Physiology, Biochemistry and Community Medicine)
3. Farid Kot block (Anatomy)
4. Kapurthala block (Pharmacology)

In addition to M.B., B.S., this University also imparts teaching to B.D.S. students of de' Montmorency College of Dentistry and School of Physiotherapy, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. The teaching hospitals affiliated with this University are Mayo Hospital, Lady Willingdon Hospital and Lady Aitchison Hospital, Lahore.

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