Karachi Medical & Dental College
ST -2, Block M, Allama Rasheed Turabi road, North Nazimabad,
Karachi
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The Karachi Medical and Dental College is situated at Block "M" North Nazimabad with the attached hospital, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Construction of phase II of KMDC was initiated in july 2002 and has eventually brought all basic sciences together in the new campus. With the approval of the Governing Body, a Learning Resource Centre with modern information technology and skills labs was setup at the college and at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. The college has also entered in to the COME (Community Oriented Medical Education) program. It is the 5th public sector college of Pakistan to use this modern teaching methodology.
The dental section of KMDC was commissioned on 21st February, 1993. On successful completion of four years study, students receive Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Karachi. Admission policy for B.D.S. and M.B.B.S. is the same.
ABBASI SHAHEED HOSPITAL
(Attached Teaching Hospital Located in Nazimabad)
The Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi was completed at the cost of Rs. 2.5 crores on 7 acres of land in the heart of the city, in the year 1973, and was inaugurated on 2nd January, 1974 with 250 beds now it has a strength of 850 beds and counting where casualty service is available round the clock along with the medicolegal department. Besides this, there are 18 operation theatres in Surgical, Orthopedics, Eye, Gynae, Trauma Center etc. Laboratory, X-rays & CT Scan facilities are also available in the hospital.
There are 67 posts of specialist doctors, 250 Medical Officers, Resident Medical Officers, 28 Senior Registrars and 1449 technical paramedical and other staff. The hospital also provides training facilities for general nursing and midwifery, laboratory technicians, X-ray technicians and OT technicians. Besides this, training to fresh medical graduates in the form of house job and postgraduate qualification to the RMO's is being provided. This training is recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons,Pakistan, for MCPS, FCPS Examinations and recognized for MRCOG by the Royal College of Obstetrician & Gynecologists, UK.
