Service To The Red Crescent Movement
His activities in the health sector included his efforts in founding Liaquat National Hospital in 1953 in Karachi of which he was Chairman. This not-for-profit hospital it has 700 beds and is dedicated to provide the most modern facilities to humanity, especially the poor.
Among his other contributions in the area of health include his association and service to the Pakistan Red Crescent Society where he served as its Chairman from 1968 to 1998. Since 1998, he was Vice President Emeritus of this important relief movement. Syed Maratib Ali was the Chairman of Gulab Devi Hospital from 1947 till his demise in 1961. During his leadership, Gulab Devi established another unit in Kasur.
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