M.A.G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet

M.A.G. Osmani Medical College
Established	1962
Type	Medical College
Students	1400
Undergraduates	1000
Postgraduates	400
Location	Sylhet, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban area 206,355 square metres (50.991 acres) (Academic campus)[1] 130,260 square metres (32.19 acres) (Hostel)
Affiliations	SUST

M.A.G. Osmani Medical College (SOMC) is a state funded medical college in Bangladesh. It is located in the north-eastern city of Sylhet in Sylhet District. It was renamed in 1986 from the original "Sylhet Medical College" to the current one after General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani, a native of Sylhet, and the commander-in-chief of Bangladesh Army during Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The college provides 5 year MBBS degrees, and admits approximately 175 undergraduate and a good number of post graduate students every year. The college is affiliated to Shahjalal University of Science and Technology under the School of Medical Sciences.

Campus

The college and hospital extends over an areas of 206, 355 sq m divided into new site and old site. The Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical college situated in the new site covers an area of 191, 977 sq M.

• Old campus
• New campus
• Model family planning clinic
• Nuclear medicine center
• Nurses training institute

Main campus comprises individual facilities of:

• A three-storied College building complex,
• A five-storied 1000 bed large Hospital building complex,
• A Nuclear Medicine unit, and Model Family Planning clinic
• The Nurses training institute also run along with the medical courses.

Other many nearby hospitals are also affiliated with main academic schedule. These include:

• Shahid Dr. Shamsuddin Ahmed General Hospital,
• Leprosy Hospital,
• TB clinic, Infectious disease Hospital and
• The nearby Thana Health Complexes.

Hostel

There are total nine hostel for ladies and gents in this college campus. Of this four is for boys, four is for girls and one is for doctors (both male and female). The name of those hostels are as follows:

• Shamsuddin Hostel
• Abusina Hostel
• Shahjalal Hostel
• Zia Hostel
• Dilruba Hostel
• Kanti Lala Hostel
• M. Saifur Rahman ladies Hostel
• Begum khaleda Zia Intern Hostel
• Intern Hostel (Ladies)

Degrees

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College now offer 19 postgraduate courses. The presently available courses are MD (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Cardiology), MS ( General Surgery, Obstetrics gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Surgery and Orthopaedics), M.Phil (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Psychiatry),one year diplomas(Forensic medicine,Clinical Pathology, Child health, Dermatology, Obstetrics gynaecology. The college now has more than 150 faculty members, around 350 staffs for 1000 undergraduate students and around 400 postgraduate students. All the courses are certified by Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (both undergraduate and postgraduate courses) are recognized by the National regulatory agency( Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council).

• Undergraduate courses : M.B.B.S.
• Post Graduate courses:
  • Diploma : DGO, DDV, DCP, DCH, DFM
  • M. Phil : Pharmacology, Pathology, Psychiatry, Bio-Chemistry, Microbiology, Anatomy
  • M.D.  : Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Cardiology.
  • M.S.  : General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Journals

References

1. ^ http://www.magosmanimedical.com/campus.html

See also

• List of medical colleges in Bangladesh