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Profile Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), established in 1946 during the British colonial rule, is the top medical college in Bangladesh. Situated in the heart of the city near the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka Medical College is an educational institution with a rich heritage.

The departments of DMCH:
1.Anatomy
2.Physiology
3.Biochemistry
4.Pharmacology
5.Community medicine
6.Forensic medicine
7.Pathology
8.Microbiology
9.Medicine
10.Surgery
11.Nuclear medicine
12.Obstetrics
13.Gynaecology.

There are 8 laboratories for each of the department:
physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacy, histology, histo-pathology, clinical pathology, and microbiology.

Important facts:

1.The college has about 176 teachers and about 1,050 students.

2.The annual intake of fresh students in its undergraduate programme is 150.

3.The postgraduate courses offered by the college include master of surgery (MS) in branches like urology, neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery, doctor of medicine (MD) in paediatrics, master of philosophy (MPhil) in radiology, and diplomas in a number of disciplines such as anaesthesiology, ophthalmology, laryngology, gynaecology and obstetrics, child health and cardiology.

4.Dhaka Medical College and DMCH were under one administration until 1975, when they were made two different entities with a Principal as the head of the college and a Director as the chief administrator of the hospital.

5.The two institutions, however, continue to complement each other. The various buildings of DMCH and its other facilities excluding the medical college now stand on about 25 acres of land. It has 28 departments and 36 wards, 234 full-time doctors, 380 internee doctors, 560 nurses, 24 paramedics, and 1,104 other staff. The number of beds in wards, units and cabins total about 1,400, of which 130 are paying beds and 128 are in cabins. Its occupancy rate is about 130%. It provides both indoor and outdoor services and serves about 3,000 outdoor patients daily.