Rajshahi Medical College
| Rajshahi Medical College | |
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| Established | 1958 |
| Type | Public |
| Location | Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
| Campus | Urban |
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Rajshahi Medical College, located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, is a state-sponsored medical school affiliated with the Rajshahi University.
It was established in 1958, the second such institution in erstwhile East Pakistan after Dhaka Medical College. It has a large hospital that is the central provider for advanced health care in the northern part of Bangladesh.
Rajshahi Medical College admits 200 students every year for its M.B.B.S. program. Its dental unit admits a further 50 students. Students are admitted in these programs after high school and get a degree after 5 years of study and 1 year internship in the government-owned public hospital.
History
A handful of people founded a medical school in Rajshahi city in 1954. A four-year course was started leading to diploma called LMF (Licentiate of Medical Faculty) offered by the State Medical Faculty, Dhaka. A total of eighty students were admitted in the first year of its inception. In 1954, the then-East Pakistan government converted it into a government Institute, Rajshahi Medical School.
Later on, the government decided to start a five year course leading to MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree and as such in 1958 Rajshahi Medical School emerged as Rajshahi Medical College. In the beginning, the Medical College was housed in a small building of the Barendra Museum. It was later shifted to the present college building. Forty two native and two foreign students were admitted in the first batch.
The number of admitted students is now increased to 175. Foreign students of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are admitted to this institution every year.
Other hospitals situated in the city like Infectious Disease Hospital founded in 1962, Hospital for Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases founded in 1966, Leprosy Control Center founded in 1968 are affiliated with this college.
A Nuclear Medicine Center was established within the campus in 1970. Following the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the Medical College and hospital made considerable improvements in many aspects such as extension of the college buildings, student accommodations, number of hospital beds, and establishment of a modern auditorium. There has been addition of new departments like Coronary Care Unit, Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Radiotherapy and Gastroenterology. The hospital is equipped with X-ray computed tomography, MRI, angiogram and renal haemodialysis machine.
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Coordinates: 24°22′20″N 88°35′09″E / 24.3723°N 88.5857°E