Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College & Hospital in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College (ShSMC) is the 14th government medical college of Bangladesh which is established in 2006. It is situated in the north-western part of Dhaka beside the National Parliament House, having a unique architectural campus and excellent academic atmosphere. Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital has a long heritage of discharging health care services and also has a proud history of patronizing many medical institutes to establish and flourish. We have a great commitment to provide top class medical education, excellent training and quality research through eminent and experienced teachers.

Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital was established in 1963 during the period of East Pakistan as Ayub Hospital for outdoor services. It was equipped with Pathological and Radiological supports. In addition to outdoor facilities, this medical organization then extended its service to indoor with 5 beds and subsequently with 25 beds.

After independence through the great liberation war against Pakistan in 1971, the hospital had been renamed Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital against the name of Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy, the living son of democracy. This hospital has magnificent architectural beauty designed by famous architect Louis I Kahn who also designed the National Assembly Hall of Bangladesh, one of the best architectural buildings in the world. The hospital was then extended gradually in different forms as a general hospital to extend services to this area as well as to serve as a central referral center for the whole of Bangladesh especially the area of the northern and western parts of Bangladesh.

Feeling the need for further extension of scope for undergraduate medical education, the government of Bangladesh decided on September 5, 2005, to establish this medical college within this campus along with up gradation of Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital to a Medical College Hospital. Accordingly, its academic activities were started on May 6, 2006, with 100 freshman students. The college building including hostels was rapidly established and was inaugurated on January 17, 2012, by Sheikh Hasina, the Honourable Prime Minister of the peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. Alongside the campus, a nursing institute is underway to be established soon. To complete the total medical education, this institute extended its spectrum by starting dentistry as a BDS course in 2011. Since then every year around 50 students are getting admitted to this institute. The Dentistry department has a separate independent unit with its own classrooms, library, laboratories, hostel, and facilities for its subspecialties.