Chandka Medical College sd, چانڈکا طبی ڪاليج, or CMC), established on 20 April 1973, is a public sector medical college located in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. It also provides post graduate training to doctors. It provides tertiary medical care facilities to upper Sindh and half of the

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, and medical education for the students of

Larkana Division Larkana Division ( sd, لاڙڪاڻو ڊويزن) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was created in 1980 by bifurcation of Sukkur Division. In 2000 abolished by General Pervaiz Musharraf rule but Sindh governme ...

. It is one of the constituent colleges of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU). The school has a large and experienced faculty to support its mission of education, research, and clinical care. Faculty members hold appointments in the basic science departments and in the clinical departments of CMC Teaching Hospital as well as other offices in Larkana. There are approximately 100+ full-time faculty members consisting of demonstrators, assistant, associate, and full professors at CMC Larkana.

History

Prime Minister

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourt ...

initiated a project to found three medical colleges in

Sindh province Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

; Chandka Medical College was the first. It is in a building that formerly housed a Government Polytechnic Institute Larkana. Professor Ali Mohammad Ansari was appointed as the first principal of the college. CMC admitted its first batch of 150 students in 1973. CMC has since grown to a full-fledged medical university. The new name of CMC is now

Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) ( sd, شهيد محترمه بينظير ڀٽو ميڊيڪل يونيورسٽي), established on July 9, 2009, is a public university of medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and allied health s ...

after the name of the slain

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

who was twice the

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pak ...

. Professor and surgeon Dr. Sikandar Ali Sheikh became its first vice chancellor on 9 July 2009.

References

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History

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