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Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College (ShSMC) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2006. It is located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. This medical college is surrounded by many other specialized hospitals; such as, the National Centre for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases (NCCRFHD), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO), National institute of Neuroscience (NINS) etc.
This medical college has been included in the Avicenna Directory of Medical Schools and International Medical Education Directory(IMED).
After a long period of consideration, the government decided on 5 September 2005 to make the Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital into a medical college. Educational activities in the college began on 6 May 2006. In the inauguration ceremony the then health minister, Khandakar Mosharof Hossain started the educational activities officially. Originally, the medical college was known as Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College and begun its journey with 100 students.
However, on 1 June 2009, the name of the medical college was changed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College. Now it has more than 900 students in its 6 batches.
The new college building has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina on 17 January 2012.
There are separate hostels for boys and girls. Both the hostels were established and opened in June, 2008. Both of the hostels are six storied & have catering services, Hall rooms, bathrooms and lavatory facilities.Canteen facilities are available with delicious food items.