Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College is a government medical school and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. This medical college has been included in the Avicenna Directory of Medical Schools and International Medical Education Directory.HistoryShaheed Suhrawardy Hospital was established in 1963 by the government of Pakistan as a government tertiary referral hospital in Sher-e-Bangla Nagor, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Hospial building 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. In the inauguration ceremony the then health minister, Khandakar Mosharof Hossain started the educational activities officially. Originally, the medical college was known as Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College and had 100 students. and begun its journey with 100 students.However, on 1 June 2009, the name of the medical college was changed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College. Now it has more than 900 students in its 6 batches.The new college building has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina on 17 January 2012.CampusThere are separate hostels for boys and girls. Both the hostels were established and opened in June, 2008. Both of the hostels are six storied & have catering services, Hall rooms, bathrooms and lavatory facilities.Canteen facilities are available with delicious food items. Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College is affiliated with the University of Dhaka. This college is directly governed by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council BMDC - an affiliate of Ministry of Health.