Irregularities in Private medical colleges in Bangladesh August 19, 2007
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH, CORRUPTION, EDUCATION, HEALTH.Tags: Medical education
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‘Most of the private medical college in the country are in grave condition’ runs the report in Prothom Alo on 15th August 2007, a leading daily.
Starting in late 80’s there are 32 medical colleges and 8 private dental colleges in contrast to 14 Govt medical college and 1 govt dental college in Bangladesh.
Most of the private medical colleges has no adequate teaching facilities, not enough regular teachers, no proper laboratories, no hospital with proportionate patients, not adequate infrastructures and no transparency of accounts etc.
Though the rules dictate that every medical college should have atleast 250 bedded hospital at a proportion of 5 patients for a student. So for 50 students the college should have 250 bedded hospital and for 100 college should have 500 bedded hospital, but very few have got these facilities.
Again, though the private universities are not allowed to run the medical college but to our knowledge there is private medical college running under private university defying government ban and government is not settling it for long through legal procedures.
Many private medical colleges started without proper permission and many given permission on political ground. Many started with underhand negotiations.
The fees taken in the private medical colleges are not regulated and also the account is not transparent. Where many of the colleges are run by Trustee Board, but the money goes to the individual accounts. Many of the initiatives are absolutely business targeted and over all control of the past Governments were weak.
Where the admission in Government medical colleges is highly competitive, the private medical colleges open up the opportunities for the less meritorious students with the support of their parents’ affluence to study medicine in Bangladesh. With more private medical colleges the scale is becoming heavier on their side.
While in developed countries, the medical education is highly regulated and highly standardized, in Bangladesh it is compromised to the extreme.
And corruption played a important part to develop this compromise. This government should also enquire into this compromise and find out and punish the corrupted individuals who are destroying our medical education and our health system for their own personal gain.
An ordinary citizen
Post script:
20 September 2008
Government has barred 3 private medical college from taking admission on the ground that they have no adequate infrastructure and teachig stuff to fulfil the conditions.[...]
Related post in the blog:
Centralised admission test in private medical college – a positive step
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The USTC, only private University which is running the private medical college in Bangladesh defying the Government ban, has many other irregularities such as admitting more than 100 students over the years though only 50 is officially permitted. It has a hospital which has hardly 100 to 150 patients where for 100 students it should have 500 regular patients in the hospital.
It is also admitting large no of foreign students beyound the limit of the foreign quota in excange of huge money. Mislead by propaganda and because of the unrest in their own country, these students after coming to this medical college feel frusted and deprived.
This private medical college is also conducting a postgraduate course in Peadiatrics(MD) without permsission of the Government over the years
The CTG must take actions against all these irregularites and against other substandared private medical colleges.
ustc,it is most unproductive uni in bd
although the condition of private medical colleges is quite bad,i still wont say that all r d same.
im a pvt med colg student myself.
there are many students who try a lot to pass in d prof exams.u need to be hardworking not meritorious.our college has no centre so we hav to giv d exam in d govt medical college,wich means we need to compete with govt medcl students to pass,n it becomes quite difficult bcoz everything seems new there.
after passing thru tht exam,i think we deserve to get some recognition.
any body can tell me how to get admission in private medical college in bangladesh?
ibrahim medical college is the best private medical college.they have reputed hospital,facilities are good and results in prof exam is great.so i can not agree. all private medical college r not same.i m a student of ibrahim medical college and i know how difficult and hard working needed to be a doctor and also for a student of ibrahim medical college. teachers r well qualified.all the student(both private and govt)have to pass prof exam under dhaka or other universities.so they r not unproductive and they prove it wrong soon.
Ya in reality im im in favour of 1st comments.im feeling n experiencing about the pathetic condition of our medical college(ustc).here,each n avry student prepares well for item n exam,but due to teachers black intension to fail some genious student is commom in each new n old batch. . . . . . .
can anybody suggest any qualitative private medical colleges in bangladesh? like to hear frome some one currently studying?
Check your govt. medical college admission result for 2008-09 in the following website
http://www.dghs.gov.bd
is dhaka national medical colege recognised by MCI?
Is w omens medical college and hospital uttra recognized by MCI and is it listed by WHO. Does a pass out of this institute if indian require undergoing screening test interms of MCI regulations
You can contact BMDC (Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council ) or Ministry of Heath or Directorate General of Health Service to know the information.
You better know from MCI itself.
Or contact the specific medical college and verify their claim.
The ordinary citizen doesn’t know everything.
Links:
BMDC
DGHS
Ministry of Health OF Bangladesh
MCI
WHO
The negative attitude towards the private medicals or private medical students should be changed.They pass the same exam the public medical students do.They’ve the same question papers.They go through same tough competition.Private medical colleges i recommend:
1.Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College(Best clinical side)
2.Ibrahim(BIRDEM) Medical College(Most qualified teaching staff)
3.Bangladesh Medical College(First private medical college)
4.Jahurul Islam Medical College
5.Dhaka National Medical College
6.Community Based Medical College
7.Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College
8.Sylhet Women’s Medical College
I know many private medical students who’ve qualified as doctors in the past few years.Many of them have got government jobs,many of them have been doing their post graduation.You’ve to be hard working otherwise no matter how much meritorious you are,no matter you read in Dhaka Medical College you won’t pass or shine as a doctor.
By the way,Jahurul Islam Medical College is the cheapest of all!
Is the Bangladesh Medical college in dhaka recognised by Medical Council Of India (MCI)?
Not sure. It is better to ask MCI.
Yes.from this year privet medical admission exam will be highly compatative becase from now privet medical admission exam will be held under Govt. Health organization.Here every student should have that merit which a govt. medical student has.more over if u have only money u can not get chance.on the other hand gov. has taken some rules to prevent to problems which is described by others in the top.
Private medical college have becoma a very profitable business. But at the same time the education should have been upto a definite standard. The doctors from private medical college know nothing so far I visualize. The hospital attached to private medical college are not upto standard and the patient do not like to take the services from there. Those are only for show.