- Dhaka National Medical College
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Dhaka National Medical College is a school of medicine in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its current principal is Prof. Dr. Md. Aref Rahman. It is one of the best private medical college within Bangladesh. Dhaka National Medical College started its formal academic MBBS course from 1995 based on its predecessor Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital. The National Medical Institute Hospital was established in 1925 by some philanthropist of the then East Bengal as a part of non-co-operation movement against the British rule & continued to produce National doctors to provide health care to the common people. The Institute was closed in 1965 but the hospital continued to function with the help of local elites & social workers. After independence in 1971, Govt. took special interest in this hospital & the hospital started getting regular Govt. funding. Thereafter, the then Health Advisor late Prof. Md. Ibrahim laid the foundation stone of the present hospital building in 1976. With the untiring effort and interest of the then Chairman of the managing Committee, Mr. Sadeque Hossain Khoka, the College was established & inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on 15th October 1995. Since then the College is growing fast & has become one of the best private medical college in the country. The 7 (seven) storied College building which is part of 15 storied one, is already completed and accommodating the various academic departments of the College with planned lecture galleries, modern well equipped practical Labs, central library, computer lab, prayer rooms, common rooms for the students as well as administrative block. An attached female students hostel is in the offing. The College has a band of dedicated experienced teachers well qualified & well trained from home & abroad who are engaged in imparting education & training to the students. With a vision to be the best in the field of medical education and research and to remain in the forefront of health care providers, Dhaka National Medical College is trying to be one of the trend setter institute in the country and demonstrate a high standard of medical education. Journal of Dhaka National Medical College & Hospital is indexed internationally (ISSN 1815-3100). Prof. AKM Alamgir, PhD, MPhil, DIH, MBBS is the Executive Editor and Prof. MR Azad, FRCS, MBBS is the Editor-in-Chief. The ICT enriched medical college has the ICT department with Prof. AKM Alamgir as the chair. The web site is www.dnmcbd.org
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