Kathmandu Medical College

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Kathmandu Medical College
Type Private
Established1997
Principal Ratindra Nath Shrestha
Location
Sinamangal, Kathmandu
,
Nepal
Affiliations
Website www.kmc.edu.np/contactus.php

Kathmandu Medical College And Teaching Hospital (KMCTH) is a medical school located in Kathmandu the capital city of Nepal.

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Established in 1997, KMC is a private medical college in Nepal. The college is permanently affiliated to Kathmandu University and fully recognised by the Medical Council of Nepal, Sri Lankan Medical Council, General Medical Council (UK) and Medical Council of India. [1] [2] Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital has also been listed in the WHO's World Directory of Medical Schools electronic format as from June 2002. Following full recognition by NMC, KMCTH is also listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools. [3] It was also listed in the now discontinued International Medical Education Directory (IMED). KMC is an Associate Member of the Network Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) that has its headquarters at Glent in Belgium.

Controversy

Medical education in Nepal is highly controversial as many qualified students are turned away in lieu of competitive marks. Corruption is rampant with schools accepting students based on connections to established figures or illicit donations made to the school. The "hidden" tuition, as it's referred, is the additional cost of bribing officials in the education and healthy ministry with some students paying triple the tuition fees for enrollment. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kathmandu Medical College". Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Affordable and quality medical education in Nepal
  3. ↑ "Kathmandu Medical College". World Directory of Medical Schools.
  4. ↑ "Manufacturing fake doctors".
  5. ↑ "Educational Mafia Of Our Society".
  6. ↑ "Dr KC: A one-man army against medical mafia in Nepal".
  7. ↑ "Non-Violent Action to Reform Medical Education in Nepal -The Fasts-unto-death of Dr Govinda KC". Social Medicine: Themes and Debates 2020.
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