Mymensingh Medical College ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ মেডিকেল কলেজ), formerly Lytton Medical School, is a

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medical college and hospital in

Mymensingh Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north ...

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. The institute was established in 1924 during the

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under the former name. Brigadier General Md. Golam Kibria is the present director of the medical college hospital.

History

During the later part of

, it was felt that what was then Campbell Medical School of

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and Mitford Medical School of

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were unable to cater the needs of the growing population. As a result, in 1924 the

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, then-governor of Bengal, established the school in Mymensingh unde the name "Lytton Medical School". As a four-year college for the Licentiate of Medical Faculty (LMF). This course of LMF continued till 1962, when the undergraduate course length was increased to five years under

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and the school was renamed as Mymensingh Medical College.

Journal

''Mymensingh Medical Journal'', which is Index Medicus/

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listed, is the official journal of Mymensingh Medical College.

Notable alumni

* Tandi Dorji, Foreign Minister of Bhutan *

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, Vice-Chancellor of

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(2015–2018) *

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, software developer * AKMA Muqtadir, ophthalmologist, recipient of

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in 2020 *

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, exiled writer *

Lotay Tshering Lotay Tshering ( dz, བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May 1969) is a Bhutanese politician and surgeon who is the current Prime Minister of Bhutan, in office since 7 November 2018. He has also been the president of Druk N ...

, Prime Minister of

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Image gallery

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References

External links

* * MMC website (http://mmc.gov.bd/)
Mymensingh Medical College
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