Obituary – Dr. Tahir Shamsi – Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #579 by Asrar Qureshi
Obituary – Dr. Tahir Shamsi – Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #579 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues! This is Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #579. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. On Tuesday, 21 December 2021, Dr. Tahir Shamsi passed away at Aga Khan Hospital. He had been admitted there after suffering from brain hemorrhage. The whole country is grieving his death. DR. Tahir Shamsi was born on 18 Feb 1962. He did MBBS from Dow Medical College, Karachi and later did fellowship from Pakistan and UK. He was a hematologist by specialty. Dr. Tahir Shamsi achieved much in a short life span of less than 60 years. His contributions are extraordinary. He is the pioneer of Bone Marrow Transplant – BMT in Pakistan. Prior to his work, the patients had to go to India for...