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"Happiness in life is to be loved by others and in order to be loved; one must love and help others."1 Alireza Afzalipour
Introduction
The city of Kerman is located in southeast Iran. Kerman University (now called Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman) was founded on December 25, 1974, relatively later than the establishment of academic centers in other provinces of Iran.
Historically, the first modem higher educational center in Iran, the Dar al-Fonun School, was established in 1851, ushering in a new era of education in Iran. Over the subsequent decades, Tehran University was founded in 1934 and the universities of Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Mashhad and Ahvaz were established in the 1940s and 1950s. However, there was no higher educational center in Kerman except the "Razi Nursery School" founded in 1962, "Madreseh-ye Omur-e Edari va Bazargani" (the School of Administration and Commerce) in 1970 and "Daneshsaraye Aali Fanni" (the Higher School of Technology) in 1975. The forerunner of the University of Kerman initiated its activity in the academic year of 1974 with 50 students in chemistry, physics, electronic and the English language.2
The history of establishments of modern non-governmental hospitals in Kerman dates back to the beginning of the 20th century with "Morsalin Hospital" created by the British Church Missionary Society in 1901,3 "Nourieh Hospital" in 1919, "Raziehye Firooz Hospital" in 1948 and "Arjomand Hospital" in1953. A non-governmental hospital named "Khodadad-e Mehrabi Hospital" was founded in 1970. 2
The first governmental hospital in Kerman was founded in 1949 and the second one, the Shafa Hospital was established in 1961 for TB patients. In 1969, a psychiatric hospital and, in due course, Taamin Ejtemai Hospital (Social Security Organization Hospital, now Kashani Hospital) were founded in 1970. In 1989, a burn hospital was also established by the government. The first educational hospital (Kerman Darman) was originally a private hospital which was transferred to the Medical School...