Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College ( bn, শহীদ সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a

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, established in 2011. It is located at

Kishoreganj Kishoreganj is a city and the headquarters of Kishoreganj District Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It ...

. The college is affiliated with

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as a constituent college. It offers 5 years

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degree programme and admits about 65 students every year.

History

Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College was established in 2011. It was named after Syed Nazrul Islam, the first acting President of Bangladesh. In the year 2010–2011, Bangladesh government approved a measure to establish 4 medical colleges at

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and

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with a view to improve the healthcare services in the country. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (

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) endorsed the project. An estimated cost of Tk 5.45 billion was approved as budget to establish Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College. The project included construction of six storied hospital building, five storied college for academic building, nurses training center, students hostel, internee doctors' hostel, doctors' dormitory, staff nurses' dormitory, mosque, auditorium, principal and directors' residential buildings, installation of gymnasium, procurement of equipment, one micro-bus, two ambulances and furniture with the fund.

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