Adeebul Hasan Rizvi

{{short description|Pakistani transplant surgeon}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Adeebul Hasan Rizvi

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|09|11}}

|birth_place = Kalanpur, United Provinces, British India

|nationality = Pakistani

|occupation = Physician and Surgeon

|alma_mater = Dow Medical College

|awards = Ramon Magsaysay Award (1998)
Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)

}}

Syed Adeebul Hasan Rizvi (also spelled: Adibul Hasan Rizvi) is a Pakistani philanthropist, doctor, Renal transplant surgeon and founder of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), the largest kidney transplant centre in Pakistan. This institute is affiliated with the nearby Civil Hospital, Karachi.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29648454 |title=Pakistan's 'miracle' doctor inspired by NHS (National Health Service)|website= BBC News website|author=Shahzeb Jillani|date= 19 October 2014|access-date=7 April 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/338455|title=KARACHI: Experts back ban on organ 'donation' to foreigners|date=13 January 2009

|accessdate=7 April 2021|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)}}

Early life and career

Rizvi was born on 11 September 1938 in a small village Kalanpur in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 1968. Thereafter he went to UK to pursue his postgraduate training. After finishing his studies there, he returned to Pakistan. "In those days most people returned from the UK with cars, but guess what, Dr. Rizvi returned with a container full of medical equipment".[https://spiritual-legacy.com/2013/06/10/dr-adibul-hasan-rizvi/ Profile of Adeebul Hasan Rizvi] Spiritual Legacy website, Published 10 June 2013, Retrieved 7 April 2021

While living in the UK, Rizvi was inspired by the National Health Service and decided to try that idea in Pakistan. Rizvi set up an eight-bed urology ward at the Civil Hospital, Karachi in 1970.

SIUT started as an eight-bed ward at Civil Hospital, Karachi, and has grown to be Pakistan's leading & largest Urology and Transplantation Institute with branches (satellite centers) spreading from Kathore near Karachi to far North in Azad Kashmir.{{cite web|url=http://www.siut.org/histroy.htm |title=Adeebul Hasan Rizvi |accessdate=7 April 2021 |publisher=www.siut.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127182021/http://www.siut.org/histroy.htm |archivedate=January 27, 2010}}

Rizvi is the president of the Transplant Society of Pakistan.[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/670148-zardari-donates-all-body-organs Zardari donates all body organs], The News International (newspaper), Published 18 March 2010, Retrieved 7 April 2021 In 2003, Rizvi led a team of SIUT surgeons that performed the first successful liver transplant on an infant in Pakistan.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110221050218/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/11/30/1000166.htm "Pakistan performs first successful liver transplant on an infant"] ABC NEWS website, Published 29 November 2003, Retrieved 7 April 2021

In 2001, police arrested "a gang that was planning to murder" Rizvi.{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08332-0| title = Pakistani doctors strike after ten doctors murdered this year| year = 2002| last1 = Ahmad | first1 = K.| journal = The Lancet| volume = 359| issue = 9314| pages = 1322| s2cid = 54369220}}

Awards and recognition

  • Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1998[http://rmaward.asia/awardees/rizvi-syed-adibul-hasan/ Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi, a Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient in 1998] Ramon Magsaysay Award website, Retrieved 7 April 2021
  • Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services in 2004{{Cite web |title=Prof. Adibul Hasan Rizvi - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA |url=http://www.hmaward.org.ae/profile.php?id=246 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=www.hmaward.org.ae}}
  • WHO's Shousha Prize in 2008{{Cite web |title=Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship{{!}}Previous winners |url=https://apps.who.int/gb/awards/pdf_files/Shousha/Winners_en.pdf}}
  • Lifetime Achievement Award by The Sindh Association of North America in 2015[https://www.dawn.com/news/1159846/lifetime-achievement-award-for-adib-rizvi Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi in 2015] Dawn (newspaper), Published 28 January 2015, Retrieved 7 April 2021
  • Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2018[https://www.dawn.com/news/1397210 Awards conferred on 58 military, 73 civil personalities] Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 March 2018, Retrieved 7 April 2021

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