Mohammad Namazi
Mohammad Namazi was the founder of Namazi Hospital which he founded in 1955 and the first Water pipe system in Iran Shiraz Water and Wastewater Company in Shiraz, Iran. He donated the company's income to the hospital. He also made Namazi Nursing School, Namazi Children's Orphanage, and Namazi Art School He was born in Bombay, in 1896. He was a successful merchant who lived in the USA for many years, and died in Shiraz on 9th April 1972.
Life
Namazi was born in Bombay in 1896. He spent his childhood in China and India, and his youth in Tehran and Shiraz. In 1924, he travelled to America, and stayed there for more than 30 years. After a very successful economic career, he returned to Iran. He noticed the poor quality of the drinking water in Shiraz and in 1952 devoted part of his wealth to establishing a water supply network in the region. In 1955 he founded and equipped Namazi hospital as a teaching hospital.At the age of 76, he died in the hospital he founded.