About SIUTOur History

SIUT started as an eight-bed ward in the Civil Hospital, Karachi. In the years following its inception, it has progressed from a small ward to a centre of excellence. In 1991 it was granted the status of an institute by an Act of the Provincial Assembly and is one of the leading nephro-urlogical and transplant centres in the world. The SIUT Trust was established in November 2005 as a charitable trust for the benefit of the public and to provide health facilities, medical treatment, medical education, and financial assistance to patients suffering from end stage organ disease, related conditions and other renal ailments admitted to the SIUT.

At present, SIUT is located within the Civil Hospital, Karachi. SIUT’s new premises, the Dewan Farooq Medical Complex, are situated one block away and house many of its diagnostic facilities. This 300-bed Complex has been built on a plot of 1.5 acres granted by the Sindh Government. As such, it is one of the largest centres for renal diseases and transplantation in the region, covering an area of 315, 000 sq. feet. The construction of the Complex was made possible by a generous donation from the Dewan Mushtaq family, a local philanthropic business family.

More recently, SIUT has been able to expand its facilities by a generous donation from the Suleman Dawood family and construct the Hanifa-Suleman Dawood Oncology Centre. The foundation of this Oncology Centre was laid in May 2003, which was then developed into a six-storey building with state-of-the art equipment and machinery. Currently, the treatment here expands across different types of cancers, which include bladder cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, adrenal cancer, kidney cancer and cancers related to immunosuppression in transplanted cases.