Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital
শহীদ সোহরাওয়ার্দী মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতাল

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital
Established 1963 (1963)
Location Sher-e-Bangla Nagor, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Type Govt. Tertiary Hospital
Total Beds 875 [1]
Present Director A.K.M. Mujibur Rahman
Nickname ShSMCH
Official website suhrawardyhospital.gov.bd
Coordinates 23°46′09.18″N 90°22′16.87″E / 23.7692167°N 90.3713528°E / 23.7692167; 90.3713528Coordinates: 23°46′09.18″N 90°22′16.87″E / 23.7692167°N 90.3713528°E / 23.7692167; 90.3713528
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Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital is a government tertiary referral hospital in Sher-e-Bangla Nagor, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The government set up the college to spread medical knowledge and to produce more efficient doctors for the country. The college is surrounded by many other specialized hospitals, such as the National Centre for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases (NCCRFHD), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO), National institute of Neuroscience (NINS) etc.

There are about 500 students with a staff of 2000.

History

Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital was designed by architect Louis I Kahn. After a long period of consideration, the Bangladeshi government decided on 5 September 2005 to turn Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital into a medical college. Educational activities in the college began on 6 May 2006 as Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College,[2] and had 100 students. However, on 1 July 2009, the name of the medical college was changed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College.

Clubs

The college has its own Sandhani unit and debate club.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=c4b52b460910883ba5b2bfe7bacf0d95&nttl=76970
  2. ↑ "Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College inaugurated". United News of Bangladesh. 6 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

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