Rajshahi Medical College

Rajshahi Medical College
রাজশাহী মেডিকেল কলেজ

Logo of Rajshahi Medical College
Type Public medical school
Established 1958 (1958)
Academic affiliation
 Rajshahi University
Principal Prof. Dr. Anwar Habib
Director Brigadier General AFM Rafiqul Islam
Academic staff
 About 220 teachers
Administrative staff
 About 40
Students 1600
Undergraduates 1400
Postgraduates 200
Location Rajshahi, Bangladesh
24°22′20″N 88°35′09″E / 24.3723°N 88.5857°E / 24.3723; 88.5857Coordinates: 24°22′20″N 88°35′09″E / 24.3723°N 88.5857°E / 24.3723; 88.5857
Campus Urban
Language English
Website rmc.gov.bd

Rajshahi Medical College (Bengali: রাজশাহী মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1958. It is located in Rajshahi. It is affiliated with Rajshahi University.

It was 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 MBBS 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.

College entrance gate

History

After the separation of East Bengal from India in 1947 the people of Rajshahi region were deprived of medical education and healthcare facilities. In 1949 some renowned persons of civil society and political persons involved in administration took initiative to establish a private medical school in Rajshahi city. Initially they launched LMF diploma course under State Medical Faculty Dhaka. Eighty students were admitted in the first batch. In 1954, erstwhile Pakistan government converted it to government medical college. In 1958, It was launched as a complete college. It is the first medical college in northern part of Bangladesh. The first head of department of Anatomy and Physiology were respectively Lieutenant Colonel Gias Uddin Ahmed who was the first principal of this college and Professor Dr. Nayeb Ali. There were 43 students in the first batch including 2 female students and only 5 college staffs. The college and hospital premises are set up on 90 acres of land. The three storied 530 bed hospital was built in 1965 which included medicine, surgery and gynaecology-obstetrics Department. This hospital premises stands on 60 acres of land which was agricultural farm before. 20 bed Infectious disease hospital, leprosy control centre and 150 bed Sadar hospital were affiliated with this hospital. Henceforth, Sadar hospital was converted to dental unit. At present MBBS, BDS and postgraduate course on different subjects are running in this college. BDS course was launched in 1992 and postgraduate course in 1998. General Medical Council of Great Britain recognised this medical college on 1 July, 1992. Many doctors and students of this college participated in independence war of Bangladesh in 1971. A Shahid Minar was built in front of administrative building in 1974.[1]

College infrastructure

There are 4 galleries with computer multimedia projector, 9 laboratories, 2 museums, 2 dissection rooms, 1 autopsy room, 1 library and 2 common rooms for students. A new pharmacology building was built to the east side of the main premises in 1990. To the east of this building, a magnificent, modern, sophisticated auditorium was built in 1995 which is air-conditioned and contains 1000 seats. It is known as "Kaisar Rahman Chowdhury Auditorium". A new building for forensic medicine has been built recently to north-east side of the main building. It was launched in 2010. Besides, there is a nursing institute in the college premises. In the college library, there are approximately 19500 books including both new and old editions and 60 medical journals of both home and abroad. Medical education unit of library provides with all modern facilities with internet browsing. The Research cell of college helps both students and doctors in research. The teacher's organisation of Rajshahi medical college publishes a bi-annual medical journal named 'TAJ' which is recognised by BMDC.

Shahid Muktijuddha Kaji Nurunnobbi hostel
Internee hostel for Male

There are two hostels for male students. They are Shahid Muktijuddha Kaji Nurunnobbi hostel and Shahid Shah Mainul Ahsan Pinku hostel. Polin, Falguni and Ayesha Siddiqa are for female. Ayesha Siddiqa hostel was inaugurated in 2006. Shahid Jamil Akhtar Raton hostel is for male and another one for female internee doctors. There is a college bus for students which ply on different route of the city regularly.

Charu mamar canteen

A canteen was opened firstly beside hospital kitchen which was shifted to the north side of pathology department in a tin shed room in 1963. Henceforth, in 1982 a brick-built one storied building was built instead of tin shed room. This canteen is now well known as "Charu Mamar Canteen". Moreover, another new canteen was launched beside Pinku hostel in 2006.[2]

Hospital infrastructure

The three storied hospital building with 530 beds was launched in April 1965. Another new four storied building has been built in an empty space at the centre of main building which was inaugurated in 2012. The new building will provide 352 new beds, 6 operation theatres, one power substation and corridors to other buildings. It has a foundation of 10 stories. With this new building RMCH has now 862 beds.[3] To the north side of Operation Theater a building has been built for 10 bed ICU in 2012, moreover a burn unit and plastic surgery department was inaugurated in 2014 at the same building.[4] Coronary care unit was set up in 1984. In 1990 this unit was modernised to open Cardiology department. In 2014 cardiology ward was extended and shifted to newly built four storied building. Coronary angiogram and pacemaker implantation are performed here regularly since 2007. Nephrology and Neurosurgery department was set up in 1991. Hemodialysis is being done here since 2004. Paediatric surgery and Neuromedicine department was launched respectively in 1993 and 1994. Cobalt-60 machine is available since 1996 for cancer treatment. Nuclear medicine department was set up here in 1969. OCC centre was opened in this hospital in 2002 to give medical and legal help to the oppressed women. CT scan and MRI have been launched in Radiology and Imaging department in 2005. Endoscopy and colonoscopy are done here since 2007. BDS course was launched here as dental unit in 1992. Nine students were admitted in first batch. New building has been built for dental college in old Sadar hospital. A decision to establish a dental college is in the cards.

Notable Alamni

Organizations

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr.Mamun-ur-Rashid. সোনালী পঞ্চাশে রাজশাহী মেডিকেল কলেজ,. Bonolota (in Bengali) (2008): 17–19.
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr.Mamun-ur-Rashid. ">সোনালী পঞ্চাশে রাজশাহী মেডিকেল কলেজ,". Bonolota (in Bengali) (2008): 17–19.
  3. ↑ "Minister inaugurates extension building, Dental Building, ICU in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital". Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Burn unit set up at RMCH". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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