BMJ 2020;368:m356 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m356 (Published 30 January 2020)
Khadim Baloch, known by his colleagues and friends as Kim, was born in Karachi, Sindh, in Pakistan on 8 July 1939. After finishing his secondary education and premedical science, he enrolled as a medical student at the Liaquat Medical College in Jamshoro, south of Sindh province in 1957, qualifying in 1963. He came to England in 1965, and worked in hospitals before getting into general practice in Dedham, Essex, from which he took early retirement in the early 1990s. Khadim was an accomplished cricketer and during his student life, he captained his college team in the intermediate college tournaments held all over Pakistan. He also played in the UK, for both Lancashire cricket league in the north and with Mistley CC in Essex.
He was also known for his journalism, as a freelance correspondent for Pakistan’s English and Urdu newspapers. His published work included: Encyclopaedia of Pakistan Cricket (1947-2004), a masterpiece in its own right, reflecting his love and dedication to cricket. Summer of Swing, covering Pakistan cricket team’s tour of England in 1992 and in 1996. His work was appreciated by ICC, PCB, and other reputable cricket writers in Pakistan. Apart from his medical career and as an author in the sport of cricket, Khadim was also known for his commendable charity work, He pioneered Sindh Doctors Association (SDA), a UK registered charity, in 1979, whose members were most of the Sindhi doctors working in UK. The association has come a long way, working in the areas of healthcare, primary education, sponsoring medical students in need, and successfully operating maternity and child healthcare in hospitals located in the south-east of Sindh, in Thar district. Khadim died at Colchester General Hospital in Essex. He leaves his wife (a retired consultant psychiatrist); a brother, who lives in America; and a sister, who lives in Pakistan.
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Retired general practitioner (b 1938; q Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, 1963; MRCGP), died from multiorgan failure on 9 September 2019 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/ permissions