Rangpur Medical College is one
of the major government medical colleges in Bangladesh, positioned in Rangpur
District under new Rangpur Division.
Location
Rangpur
Medical College is positioned in Rangpur, 330 kilometers from Dhaka, and 210 km
from Rajshahi
District. It is located in the northwest part of the city of
Rangpur, situated by the side of the inter-country highway connecting India and
Nepal. It is well connected by rail, road and air with the capital city
Dhaka.
Rangpur Medical College was established in 1970 during the phase
of East Pakistan. Governor General of the then East
Pakistan, Munaim Khan laid the foundation of this Medical
College in1969. The Medical College is placed about two km north
to Rangpur town
in the part of Dhap, Jail road opposite to district jail and very near to
Rangpur cantonment area.The College happening with 50 students in its
first batch. Now each year, 175 students get admitted in this medical college
for MBBS course. Other than MBBS course there are several postgraduate
courses including DCH, ,DFM, MS in Gynae & Obs, MS in General Surgery, MD
in Internal Medicine and MD in Paediatrics. It is a fully residential
College with facilities of sufficient doctors quarter, outsized central mosjid,
playing field and gymnasium for students. There are three hostels for boys and
two hostels for the girl students. Beside these three are divide doctors
hostels for ladies and gents for the trainee doctors. Each year ten seats are
fixed specially for international students of South Asian countries such as
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. The medical college is running
with several other joined teaching hospitals in addition to its own. These are
the infectious disease hospital, hospital for tuberculosis and chest disease,
and three thana health complexes in rural settings of Rangpur district. New
inclusions since 1991 are the nuclear medicine center, coronary care unit,
diarrhoeal disease control and training unit, neuromedicine,
neurosurgery,urology, hepatology medicine, paediatric hepatology, respiratory
medicine,endocrine and metabolic diseases, paediatric surgery, radiotherapy,
physical medicine unit, and burn unit. The General
Medical Council of the United Kingdom has
recognized the graduates of this college with effect from 1 January 1996.
Currently running Rp-40 batc.
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