Dhaka Medical College
| ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজ | |
Logo of Dhaka Medical College
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| Type | Public medical school |
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| Established | 1946 |
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Academic affiliation
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University of Dhaka |
| Principal | Professor Md. Ismail Khan |
| Director | Brig. Gen. Mohammad. Mizanur Rahman |
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Administrative staff
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3,406 |
| Students | 1,050 |
| Postgraduates | 900 (2009) |
| Location |
Ramna, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°43′32″N 90°23′53″E / 23.72556°N 90.39806°ECoordinates: 23°43′32″N 90°23′53″E / 23.72556°N 90.39806°E |
| Campus |
Urban (25 acres (10 ha)) |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) is a medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is situated in the Bakshibazar area of the city, close to the University of Dhaka and the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
The college's original building was built before the Partition of Bengal of 1905; being used, as of 1904, as the secretariat (headquarters) of the newly formed provinces of East Bengal and Assam; then, in 1921, turned over to the University of Dhaka, which was founded that year. At that time a part of the huge building was used as the university's medical center, another part as the students' dormitory and the rest as the office of the administrative wing of the Arts faculty.
In 1939, the Dhaka university council requested that the British Government establish a separate medical college in Dhaka. The proposal was postponed because of the onset of the Second World War.
During World War II the medical center building became an American armed forces hospital. The Americans vacated the building at the end of the war.
Finally, Dhaka Medical College was established in 1946, and the college began admitting students. Academic classes started on 10 July which is celebrated as "DMC DAY". The 1st year, beginning class, or "Batch", was named K-5, 2nd year K-4, 3rd year K-3, 4th year K-2, and 5th year K-1. All the advanced students (K-4 through K-1) had transferred from the Calcutta Medical College, in large part because of the partition of India.
At first there were no female students, but now about half of the students are females.
Major W. J. Virgin, the head of the committee formed to establish the Dhaka Medical College, was the first principal. In the beginning there were only four departments – medicine, surgery, gynecology and otolaryngology (ENT). Since the college did not initially have anatomy or physiology departments, the students at first attended those classes at Mitford Medical School (now the Sir Salimullah Medical College); but, after a month, Professor of Anatomy Pashupati Basuand and Professor of Physiology Hiralal Saha joined the staff and their specialties were taught in ward no. 22 of the hospital.
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