Rajshahi Medical College

 

The main Gate of medical college

Rajshahi Medical College (Bengali: রাজশাহী মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1958. It is located in Rajshahi. It is affiliated with Rajshahi University.
It was the second such institution in erstwhile East Pakistan after Dhaka Medical College. It has a large hospital that is the central provider for advanced health care in the northern part of Bangladesh.
Rajshahi Medical College admits 200 students every year for its M.B.B.S. program. Its dental unit admits a further 50 students. Students are admitted in these programs after high school and get a degree after 5 years of study and 1-year internship in the government-owned public hospital.


CANTEEN OF RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE

Canteen

A canteen was opened firstly beside hospital kitchen which was shifted to the north side of pathology department in a tin shed room in 1963. Henceforth, in 1982 a brick-built one storied building was built instead of tin shed room. This canteen is now well-known as “Charu Mamar Canteen”. Moreover another new canteen was launched beside Pinku hostel in 2006.^[2]

College infrastructure

There are 4 galleries with computer multimedia projector, 9 laboratories, 2 museums, 2 dissection rooms, 1 autopsy room, 1 library and 2 common rooms for students. A new pharmacology building was built to the east side of the main premises in 1990. To the east of this building, a magnificent, modern, sophisticated auditorium was built in 1995 which is air-conditioned and contains 1000 seats. It is known as “Kaisar Rahman Chowdhury Auditorium”. A new building for forensic medicine has been built recently to north-east side of the main building. It was launched in 2010. Besides, there is a nursing institute in the college premises. In the college library, there are approximately 19500 books including both new and old editions and 60 medical journals of both home and abroad. Medical education unit of library provides with all modern facilities with internet browsing. Research cell of college helps both students and doctors in research. The teacher’s organization of Rajshahi medical college publishes a bi-annual medical journal named ‘TAJ’ which is recognized by BMDC.