Monno Medical College

Monno Medical College and Hospital

Type	Private medical school
Established	2011 (2011)
Academic affiliation	University of Dhaka
Chairman	Afroza Khan
Principal	Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman
Director	Dr. Mosharof Hossain Dewan (hospital section)
Students	586
Location	Monno City, Gilondo , Manikganj District , Bangladesh 23°50′52″N89°57′12″E / 23.8479°N 89.9533°E / 23.8479; 89.9533
Campus	Rural
Language	English
Website	monnomch.edu.bd

Monno Medical College and Hospital (MoMC) is a non-profit private medical school in Bangladesh which was established in 2011. Its main campus is located beside the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Monno City, Gilondo under Ghior Upazila of Manikganj district in Dhaka Division. It is affiliated with University of Dhaka.

It has a five-year course plan leading to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. A one-year internship after graduation is compulsory for all graduates. The degree is recognised by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council(BMDC) and Ministry of Health, Bangladesh.

History

Harunur Rashid Khan Monno established Monno Medical College in 2011. ^[1]

Campus

The college is located in Monno City, Gilondo, Ghior Upazila, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Manikganj, on the south side of the Dhaka–Aricha Highway. ^[2] The main buildings on the campus include ten-storied academic building; separate hostels for male students, female students, male interns and female interns, dormitory for doctors and professors; and Monno Medical College Hospital, the college's five-storey, 500-bed teaching hospital. ^[3]

Organization and administration

The college is affiliated with Dhaka University as a constituent college. ^{[2] [4]} The chairman of the college is Afroza Khan Rita. The principal is Md. Akhtaruzzaman. ^[5]

Academics

The college offers a five-year course of study, approved by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC), leading to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Dhaka University. After passing the final professional examination, there is a compulsory one-year internship. The internship is a prerequisite for obtaining registration from the BMDC to practice medicine. ^{[2] [6] [7]}

College infrastructures

Academic facilities includes:

• Three Lecture Halls equipped with microphone system, OHP, Slide Projector and Whiteboard
• Six Tutorial Rooms- 1-2 rooms for one department
• Nine Laboratories- Histology-1, Physiology-1, Biochemistry-1, Phamacology-2, Pathology-2, Microbiology-2, provided with necessary equipment, microscope, histology slides, glass wares, reagents etc.
• One Dissection Hall- providing arrangements of dissection on four cadavers at a time. It also has space for demonstration of 75 students divided into three groups in four corners.
• Four Museums- Anatomy-1, Pathology-1, Community Medicine-1 and one for Forensic Medicine which contains a adequate number of specimen, charts and models.

Night view of Monno Medical College campus in front of mosque, captured by Dr. Md. Atikuzzaman(Mo-04)

Journal

Monno Medical College publishes a Journal entitled "Journal of Monno Medical College," which is a peer reviewed biennial medical journal with different scientific research articles by the faculties of this medical college as well as the researchers of the different hospitals and Institutions.

Medical Education Unit

Training program for teachers are launched in this medical education corner to develop teaching and research skills of the faculty members. Workshops, seminars on teaching and research methodology for the teachers usually take place here in the MEU.

Hospital infrastructures

Monno Medical College Hospital is a five-storied building having 142,000 sq.ft. floor space and functioning as a 500 bedded hospital with all modern facilities for treatment of all kind of diseases with a group of highly qualified doctors. The outdoor and emergency treatments are furnished in a two storied building annexed to the main hospital. The hospital is situated in the door step of the college building.

Hostel facilities

There are two four-storied hostels for the students. They are H.R. Khan Boys hostel and Hurun Nahar Girls Hostel. Besides Abdus Shukur Khan Doctors dormitory for intern-male, Rabeya Khatun Doctors Dormitory for intern-female, H.R. Khan Doctors quarter, Monno Professors Quarter respectively.

Admission

Admission for Bangladeshis to the MBBS programmes at all medical colleges in Bangladesh (government and private) is conducted centrally by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It administers a written multiple choice question exam simultaneously throughout the country. Candidates are admitted based primarily on their score on this test, although grades at Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) level also play a part.

As of December 2017, ^[update] the college is allowed to admit 80 students annually permitting 50% seats for foreigners.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Message from Principal | Monno Medical College and College" . Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. "Monno Medical College". World Directory of Medical Schools .
3. "About College | Monno Medical College and Hospital" . Retrieved 17 March 2023.
4. "List of Constituent Colleges/Institutes under the University of Dhaka". University of Dhaka. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
5. "Monno Medical College & Hospital | Fees Admission Process 2022-23". www.rmcedu.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
6. "List of Recognized medical and dental colleges". Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council.
7. "Full Registration- M.B.B.S, BDS". Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council.