Sahiwal Medical College

Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal
New Campus
Motto	To Serve the Ailing Humanity
Established	2010 (2010)
Type	Public
Principal	Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhry
Location	Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Colours	Black & Red
Affiliations	PMDC

Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal (Urdu: ساہیوال میڈیکل کالج ساہیوال ), established in 2010, is a public school of Medicine located in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan.It is established on the initiative of CM Shehbaz Sharif to give quality education in the region Punjab and especially in Sahiwal District. Headquarters Hospital(438 beds), Haji Abdul Qayyum Hospital (72 beds) and Ghalla Mandi Mini Hospital Sahiwal are attached to the college as the teaching hospitals. The student intake is 100 students per year.^[1]

Inauguration

Sahiwal is an old district of Punjab, having a rich agriculture- based economy and is famous for its educational institutions. Feeling the utmost need of a medical college in the area, on 27 November 2010, Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of Sahiwal Medical College. The Government has allotted 70 acres near Central Jail Sahiwal for the College, where the campus was completed at the cost of Rs. 1 billion in 2014 and the college shifted to its new building.^[2]^[3]

Academic Programs

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - a 5 year undergraduate programme

Departments

Basic science departments
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Community medicine
- Forensic medicine
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology

Medicine and allied departments
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology & Metabolism
- General medicine
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Preventive medicine
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology (Chest medicine)
- Radiotherapy
- Urology

Surgery and allied departments
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiac surgery
- Cosmetic surgery
- General surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Orthopedics
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatric surgery
- Radiology

Administrative departments
- IT Department

Recognition

The medical college is listed in the International Medical College Education Directory (IMED). ^[4]In Nov 2013, PMDC cancelled the recognition of Sahiwal Medical College and ordered them to stop admissions in the college.^[5]^[6]

References

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Schools of medicine in Pakistan

Azad Kashmir

Mirpur	Mohiuddin Islamic Medical College (Admission Stopped) Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College

Muzaffarabad	Azad Jammu and Kashmir Medical College (Muzaffarabad) Poonch Medical College (Poonch)

Balochistan

Quetta	Bolan Medical College

Capital Territory

Islamabad	Islamabad Medical and Dental College Shifa College of Medicine Yusra Medical and Dental College

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abbottabad	Abbottabad International Medical College (Admission Stopped) Ayub Medical College Frontier Medical College

Peshawar	Jinnah Medical College Khyber Girls Medical College Khyber Medical College Rehman Medical College

Other	Bacha Khan Medical College (Mardan) Bannu Medical College (Bannu) Gomal Medical College (Dera Ismail Khan) KMU Institute Of Medical Sciences, Kohat (Kohat) Saidu Medical College (Swat)

Punjab

Faisalabad	Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College Faisalabad Independent Medical College, Faisalabad Punjab Medical College

Gujrat	Hashmat Medical and Dental College (Admission Stopped and Recommended to MNHSR&C for Closure) Nawaz Sharif Medical College

Lahore	Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College Allama Iqbal Medical College Ameer-ud-Din Medical College Avicenna Medical College, Lahore Azra Naheed Medical College Central Park Medical College CMH Lahore Medical And Dental College Continental Medical College Fatima Jinnah Medical College FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry King Edward Medical University Lahore Medical and Dental College Pak Red Crescent Medical and Dental College (Admission Stopped) Rashid Latif Medical College Services Institute of Medical Sciences Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College Shalamar Medical and Dental College Sharif Medical and Dental College University College of Medicine and Dentistry

Multan	Multan Medical and Dental College Nishtar Medical College

Rawalpindi	Army Medical College Foundation University Medical College Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi Medical College

Sialkot	Islam Medical College Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College

Other	Amna Inayat Medical College (Sheikhupura) Gujranwala Medical College (Gujranwala) Quaid-e-Azam Medical College (Bahawalpur) Sargodha Medical College (Sargodha) Sahiwal Medical College (Admission Stopped and Recommended to MNHSR&C for Closure) (Sahiwal) Shaikh Zayed Medical College (Rahim Yar Khan) Wah Medical College (Attock)

Sindh

Karachi	Aga Khan University Al-Tibri Medical College Baqai Medical University Dow International Medical College Dow Medical College Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry Jinnah Medical & Dental College Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry Liaquat National Medical College Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical College Sindh Medical College Ziauddin University

Other	Chandka Medical College (Larkana) Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur (Sukkur) Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (Jamshoro) Muhammad Medical College (Mirpurkhas) Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women (Nawabshah)

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