Rangpur Medical College
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Rangpur Medical College is one of the major government medical colleges in Bangladesh
, located in Rangpur District
.
established a medical college in Rangpur in 1970 with a 500-bed teaching hospital. The first batch of 50 students were admitted to Rangpur Medical College, affiliated with Rajshahi University
, in 1971. Currently, the yearly intake has been increased to one hundred and seventy five.34th batch is doing interne duty. And most recent batch of 2011 is 40th.
, Bangladesh
. It is 210 kilometres from the Rajshahi District
and 330 kilometres from Dhaka
and is located next to the inter-country highway that connects India to Nepal.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, located in Rangpur District
Rangpur District
The district of Rangpur have 4924 mosques, 480 temples, 43 churches and six tombs.In an anthropologic view most people of Rangpur are having Rajbagshi blood in their veins...
.
Brief history
To meet the growing needs of modern medicine, the government of East PakistanEast Pakistan
East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
established a medical college in Rangpur in 1970 with a 500-bed teaching hospital. The first batch of 50 students were admitted to Rangpur Medical College, affiliated with Rajshahi University
Rajshahi University
Rajshahi University or University of Rajshahi is a public university located in Rajshahi, a city in north-western Bangladesh...
, in 1971. Currently, the yearly intake has been increased to one hundred and seventy five.34th batch is doing interne duty. And most recent batch of 2011 is 40th.
Admission process
The admission process of undergraduate MBBS course for all government medical colleges in Bangladesh is conducted centrally by the Director of Medical Education under DGHS under the Ministry of Health. The test comprises a written MCQ exam, which is held simultaneously in all government medical colleges on the same day throughout the country. Candidates are selected for admission based on national merit and district, whether they are sons or daughters of freedom fighters, and to fill tribal quotas. For foreign students, admission is through the embassy of Bangladesh in their respective countries. The academic calendar for different years is maintained by respective departments. Aside from the MBBS course there are post graduation courses in surgery, medicine, gynaecology and paediatrics. Postgraduate and diploma courses admission tests are conducted by the medical college. The admission test consists of the written MCQ exam.Location
The campus of Rangpur Medical College is located in the northwest area of RangpurRangpur, Bangladesh
Rangpur is one of the major cities in Bangladesh. Rangpur is considered as the centre of northwestern Bangladesh. Recently established public university of Bangladesh named as "Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur" is situated in the southern part of the city. Earlier Rangpur was the headquarter of...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It is 210 kilometres from the Rajshahi District
Rajshahi District
Rajshahi District is a district in north-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.-Geography:...
and 330 kilometres from Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
and is located next to the inter-country highway that connects India to Nepal.
Campus
Rangpur Medical College is a big medical college of Bangladesh with a five story building of 6 partitions. Wards 1, 2, and 3 are medicine (3 is female), wards 4, 8 and 10 are surgery wards, and ward 5 is ENT. Wards 11, 13 & 14 are gynae and obstetrics. There are also cardiology, ENT, orthopedics, eye, skin-vd, gastro, psychiatry, paediatric surgery, paediatric medicine, urology, and neurology wards.College building
The three-story college building accommodates all of the following offices and departments:| Administrative block | Department of Anatomy |
| Conference room | Department of Physiology |
| Air-conditioned Library | Department of Biochemistry |
| Medical Education Unit | Department of Pathology |
| Research Cell | Department of Microbiology |
| Lecture Gallery | Department of Pharmacology |
| Post Office | Department of Forensic Medicine |
| Guest house | Department of Community Medicine |
| Medical Skill Centre | Department of Surgery |
| College Canteen | Department of Medicine |
| Teacher Lounge | Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics |
| Auditorium |
Hospital building
Rangpur Medical College is a major medical college of Bangladesh. A five storied building of 6 partitions accommodates 875 beds with the following disciplines:| Hospital Administrative Office | Department of Radiology & Imaging | |
| Hospital store | Department of Radiotherapy | |
| Emergency & Casualty department | Department of Psychiatry | |
| Department of Internal Medicine | Department of Otolaryngology | |
| Department of Cardiology | Department of Anaesthesiology | |
| Department of Neuromedicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | |
| Department of Dermatology & Venereology | Department of Dentistry | |
| Department of General Surgery | Department of Clinical Pathology | |
| Department of Neurosurgery | Department of Physical Medicine | |
| Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology | Department of Transfusion Medicine | |
| Department of Ophthalmology | Operating theatre, Seminar room | |
| Department of Paediatrics | Department of Gastroenterology | |
| Department of Paediatric Surgery | Breast feeding corner | |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases cell & Training Unit | Outpatient Department | |
| Department of Urology | ARI Unit | |
| Hepatology Medicine | Respiratory Medicine | |
| Paediartic Hepatology | Endocrine & Metabolic diseases | |
| Nephrology | Intensive Care Unit |