Saidu Medical College
Saidu Medical College (Urdu: سیدو طبی کالج, Pashto: د سیدو طب پوهنځی) is a Public Sector Medical Institute located in Saidu Sharif, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is one of several medical colleges affiliated with Khyber Medical University.
History
The first batch started in December 1998 with enrollment of 50 students in MBBS Programme. Initially, Saidu Medical College was affiliated with University of Peshawar, but now it is affiliated with Khyber Medical University. The Medical College is adjacent to Saidu Teaching Hospital. Till now, more than 1,000 students have graduated from the institution.
Teaching Hospital
Saidu Teaching Hospital is declared as the teaching hospital of Saidu Medical College.
Admissions
Saidu Medical College currently enrolls 100 students every year in MBBS Programme.
Departments
Basic Sciences
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Societies
- Social Welfare Society: The main objective of SWS of SMC is to give financial support to poor patients, arranging free medical camps in remote areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including FATA) and to promote public awareness about serious social problems like smoking, AIDS, Drugs and Narcotics.
- Public Health Society: The purpose of Public Health Society in SMC is to play a significant role in preventing health related issues like AIDS/HIV, Hepatitis, Polio, Tuberculosis, Population, Nutrition Program, Bird Flu etc.
- Literary Society: To enhance Literary interest of the students.
- Sports Society: This society is responsible for conducting annual sports day each year. It organizes sports week for inter-class tournament each year.
Events
Many events are organized by the various societies of the college. The literary society arranges Literary Week, Sports Week, Fun Fair and Crazy Week. Mega Events, Blood Camps, Medical Camps and recreational tours are arranged by other societies like the Bacha Khan Welfare Society.
Literary work
'First Aid & Patient Safety' a widely studied book on emergency first aid throughout the South Asian region is a publication by one of the students of Saidu Medical College, Swat.
See also
- Khyber Medical College
- Khyber Medical University
- Ayub Medical College
- List of medical schools in Pakistan
External links
- Kgmc.edu.pk
- Pmdc.org.pk
- Imed.faimer.org
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- Post Graduate College of Nursing Peshawar
- RMI School of Nursing
- Royal College of Nursing, Swat
- School of Nursing ATH Abbottabad
- School of Nursing Bannu
- School of Nursing Dera Ismail Khan
- School of Nursing DHQH Abbottabad
- School of Nursing HMC Peshawar
- School of Nursing KTH Peshawar
- School of Nursing LRH Peshawar
- School of Nursing Mardan
- School of Nursing Swat
- School of Nursing Kohat
- Northwest College of Pharmacy
- Bannu College of Medical Technology
- Frontier Homeopathic Medical College
- Northwest College of Physical Therapy
- Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology
- Pakistan Institute of Prosthetics & Orthotics Sciences
- RMI School of Allied Health Sciences
- RMI College of Rehabilitation Science
- Sarhad Institute of Health Sciences
- Udhyana Institute of Medical Sciences