Khyber Medical College

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Not to be confused with Khyber Medical University, with which the college is affiliated.

Khyber Medical College (Urdu: ???? ??? ??????, Pashto: ? ???? ?? ???????) is a leading public medical institution located in the city of Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Beside undergraduate medical education, the college offers teaching and research facilities to the postgraduate students, i.e., M. Phil, in all basic Medical Sciences, FCPS in Clinical as well as basic medical sciences, and minor diplomas in many specialties It is one of the several medical schools affiliated with Khyber Medical University, ranked 4th amongst medical universities of Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, and is recognised by PMDC. Khyber Medical University is one of the only universities in Pakistan that has a strategic membership alliance with the World Health Organization under Global Health Workforce Alliance.

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History

Khyber Medical College, which is situated at the doorstep of university of Peshawar, occupies in the site of ancient Buddhist academy. In 1954, the foundation stone of Khyber Medical College, as faculty of Medicine, of Peshawar University, was laid by the then Governor General of Pakistan, Mr. Ghulam Muhammad. The College started functioning in 1955 with enrolment of fifty students with meager facilities. From 1955 to present the college hasundergone tremendous development. It remained under the administrative control of health department after parting way from Peshawar University in 1975. Presently, the college and hospital has been given administrative and financial autonomy by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is working under theinstitutional management committee, headed by Chief Executive. This will certainly overcome the problems faced by the faculty members, students and general Public.

Khyber Medical College is a pioneer institutionin KPK in medical education and has created name for itself at national and international level by dedicated work of its staff and students. In fact, it can be proudly called as the mother institution for rest of the medical and dental colleges and other allied medical institution established in KPK over the past twenty five years.

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Admissions

Khyber Medical College enrolls 287 students yearly.

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Departments

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Curriculum

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Self Learning Resource Center / Digital Section

The SLRC Digital Section is also active to support the provision of better learning opportunities and resources to the students of Khyber Medical College. The SLRC Digital Section has taken a timely step to establish a computer based self-learning resource center. It is almost ready with facility of 64 latest computers having proper networking, Internet facility and Video Conferencing. This section provides opportunities to the students and faculty of Khyber Medical College to be at par with the modern world. Recenty a video Conferencing facility has been also established to facilitate the students of Khyber Medical College.

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Societies

Khyber Medical College having societies like;

• Social Welfare Society
• Literary Society
• Hiking Club
• Sports Club

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Library

Khyber Medical College library was established in September 1955 and has a total of 35,300/- volumes of current Medical books and more than 8,000 bound volumes of journals.

Library is split into three portions, i.e. a lending part for students, a reference part for teachers and a part containing periodicals. The library is well furnished, air-conditioned and offers large collections of books and periodicals to meet the teachers and students requirements.

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Accommodations

Khyber Medical College has separate hostels for boys & girls in the permises of Peshawar University campus. For boys there are three hostels:

• Qasim Hall
• Razi Hall
• Cenna Hall

& also a hostel for female students.

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Attached hospitals

• Khyber Teaching Hospital
• IRNUM

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Notable Alumni

• Sania Nishtar - cardiologist, author, activist, Sitara-i-Imtiaz laureate 2005, co-chairman of WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity, serves on the board of United Nations University's Institute for Global Health
• Muhammad Hafizullah - professor of cardiology, writer, vice chancellor of KMU
• Sayed Amjad Hussain - cardiothoracic surgeon, inventor, writer, photographer, explorer, columnist and community leader. Invented the pleuroperitoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube
• A. K. Jamil - anaesthetist, inventor. Invented a non-kink catheter mount used in anaesthesia, an improvement of conventional catheters and a device for teaching controlled ventilation of lungs to train young doctors on artificial ventilation during anaesthesia
• Seema Zia - politician, member of Pakistan Provincial Assembly of Sindh

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See also

• Khyber Teaching Hospital
• Khyber Medical University
• Ayub Medical College
• List of medical schools in Pakistan

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External links

• Official Khyber Medical College Website
• Khyber Medical College
• Khyber Medical University
• Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
• The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan
• Top 10 Richest Doctors of Pakistan

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References

• http://www.kmc.edu.pk/
• http://www.kmc.edu.pk/about.php
• http://www.kmc.edu.pk/message.php

http://www.kgmc.edu.pk/sites/default/files/downloads/Prospectus.pdf

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