Dental Correspondence Involving Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Requests for Patronage, Messages, Dental Hospital Naming and Journal Contributions

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Dentistry | Pakistan Dental Review | Dental Health Week | Karachi Dental Association

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 36 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28948

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Dentistry -- Dental hospital -- Dacca -- Dr. A. Hossain | Pakistani Dental Review -- Dental Health Week -- Karachi Dental Association | All Pakistan Dental Association -- preventive dentistry

Abstract: A former dental college classmate (1925‑26 Calcutta Dental College) asks Fatima Jinnah to allow naming a proposed “Fatima Jinnah Dental Hospital” in Dacca and to open it; she replies that she cannot consent without discussing details. Subsequent letters request her message for the first “Pakistani Dental Review” (1951), her patronage for the Dental Health Week, and her guidance to the All Pakistan Dental Association regarding a representation sent to President Ayub Khan on dental care for the common man.

Description: Fatima Jinnah and Dr. A. Hossain – he recalls being her class fellow at Calcutta Dental College (1925‑26) and requests her consent to name a new dental hospital after her; she declines until she can discuss the matter in person. Later documents include a request from a dental journal editor for her message for the first issue (1951), a note from the Amalgamated Dental Co. thanking her for an interview, invitations to be patron of the Dental Health Week (1958), and a letter from the All Pakistan Dental Association (1963) asking her to advise on their representation to President Ayub Khan regarding improving dental treatment for the common man. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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