Qualla: Lady Dufferin Hospital https://qualla.com/lady-dufferin-hospital en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/r/t/lady-dufferin-hospital-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Lady Dufferin Hospital https://qualla.com/lady-dufferin-hospital Lady Dufferin Hospital: Introduction https://qualla.com/lady-dufferin-hospital/ Photo credit Kabir118, CC BY-SA 3.0. Dr. Elizabeth Stephens Imprey never arrived at the hospital she was appointed to lead. In 1915, she boarded the P&O liner SS Persia as a first-class passenger in Tilbury, London, bound for Karachi. Off the coast of Crete, a German submarine torpedoed the ship on December 30, 1915. More than 340 passengers drowned, Imprey among them. The hospital she would never see, Lady Dufferin Hospital, was already two decades old and would go on to serve the women of Karachi for another century and counting.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/r/t/lady-dufferin-hospital-wp/tkrt-lady-dufferin-hospital-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lady Dufferin Hospital: A Queen's Concern https://qualla.com/lady-dufferin-hospital/ Photo credit Kabir118, CC BY-SA 3.0. Before Lady Dufferin departed Britain in 1884 to take up her role as Vicereine of India, Queen Victoria asked her to investigate the possibilities of providing medical relief to Indian women. Lady Dufferin's conclusion was stark: "Taking India as a whole, its women were undoubted...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/r/t/lady-dufferin-hospital-wp/tkrt-lady-dufferin-hospital-built-by-philanthropists.mp3 0:06 3 full Lady Dufferin Hospital: Where a Future Prime Minister Was Born https://qualla.com/lady-dufferin-hospital/ Photo credit Kabir118, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1988, Benazir Bhutto, who would serve twice as Prime Minister of Pakistan, gave birth to her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Lady Dufferin Hospital. The event connected the hospital's mission across nearly a century: an institution founded to give Indian women access to medical ...

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