Day 2
Pakistan Gave Us: Hakim Muhammad Said
Said was a prominent and world acclaimed medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a former Governor of Sindh Province of Pakistan and was Pakistan's most renowned medical researcher in the field of eastern and Greek medicine. He established the Hamdard Foundation, anyd in few years’ time, the herbal medical products of Hamdard Foundation became household names in Pakistan. Within 6 years of establishment, Hamdard became the largest producer of eastern medicine in Pakistan and at its zenith he converted it into a trust, effectively dedicating all future profits for the development of health, education, and other nation building and philanthropic activities.
Hakim Muhammad Said authored and compiled about 200 books in medicine, philosophy, science, health, religion, natural medicine, literature, society and travelogues. He also wrote more than 700 thesis in English and more than 1000 in Urdu. He also edited some journals of international repute, such as UNESCO Piami, Hamdard Islamicus, Hamdard Medicus, Medical Times and Hamdard Sehat. He also attended over 100 International Conferences as Pakistan’s delegate while organizing many others himself.
The crowning activity of his life is the establishment of his life-long dream, Madinat-al-Hikmah (The City of Knowledge). It comprises Hamdard University with such institutes as Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry, Hamdard Al-Majeed College of Eastern Medicine, Hafiz Muhammad Ilyas Institute of Herbal Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Education & Social Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Hamdard School of Law, Faculty of Engineering Science & Technology, Hamdard Public School and Hamdard Village School. Bait-al-Hikmah, the main library, is one of the biggest and well-stocked libraries of Asia with over 4 million titles.