Medical College for Women and Hospital (MCW&H) is a private medical college of Bangladesh exclusively for women. It has currently two academic campuses in

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, one in Sector - 1 and the other in Uttarkhan. The college is affiliated with the

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as a constituent college.

History

Medical College for Women and Hospital was established in 1992 by a group of people known as the founder members. Their aim was to provide quality medical education, research and services to the people of Bangladesh at reasonable cost. The college and the hospital are run by The Medical and Health Welfare Trust, a nonpolitical

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. The trustees serve without compensation.

Faculty

The college has a total of 121 faculty members organized in 20 departments representing different fields of medical science. The faculty is led by the Principal Sheikh Firoz Kabir. Different nationally and internationally successful figures took part in its teaching at different times in the past and present as regular teachers.

Board of trustees

The board of trustees of the institution consists of the four founder members of the college, with the former

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professor

A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Abdul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury (known as AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury; ; born 1 November 1932) served as the President of Bangladesh from 14 November 2001 until his resignation on 21 June 2002. He was the founding secretary-general of B ...

as the chairman, late

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M R Khan as the executive chairman, professor A M Mujibul Haq as the member secretary, and late professor Suraiya Jabeen as the founder treasurer.

Recognition

The college is recognised by the

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. MCW&H is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools formerly maintained by the

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and now maintained as the Avicenna Directory for Medicine. This listing entitles the graduates of MCW&H to recognition all over the world. Graduates of MCW&H are eligible for limited registration with the General Medical Council of United Kingdom. They are also eligible to take the

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. The degree is also recognized by the

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.. The degree is also recognized by the California Medical Board.

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