BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Nepal
Medical College (NMC) is situated
at Attarkhel of Jorpati Village
Development Committee, in
Kathmandu, about 11 km. northeast
of Kathmandu city. It lies
at the foot hill of a mound.
It has a quiet and tranquil
environment, required of a
medical college and a teaching
hospital. The Gokarna hillock
with pine trees, about half
a kilometer away on the north,
the Gokarna Safari Park across
Bagmati river about one kilometer
in the east, the terraces
with trees encircling the
NMC campus on the west, the
NMC campus which comprises
the college and Nepal Medical
College Teaching Hospital
(NMCTH), has access to the
main road through its main
entrance on the southwest.
The
NMC campus houses the academic
buildings, library, female
student and male student hostels
and Nepal Medical College
Teaching Hospital (NMCTH).
The college has departments
of Clinical Biochemistry,
Clinical pharmacology, Clinical
Physiology, Community Medicine,
Forensic Medicine, Human Anatomy,
Medical Microbiology and Pathology
that are required for the
first two academic years of
the MBBS curriculum. The departments
of Anesthesiology, Dental,
Dermatology, Emergency, Medicine,
Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Ophthalmology, Orthopedics,
Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatrics,
Psychiatry, Radiology and
Surgery undertake teaching
of medical students in their
respective wards and out patients
departments during the rest
of the period of four and
a half year MBBS program in
addition to providing health
care services to patients
from their departments at
NMCTH
on all working days.
A full-fledged clinical health
laboratory, radiology, operation
theaters and casualty services,
ICU, CCU, NICU, Haemodialysis
service, ambulance
service provide round the
clock health care service.
Echocardiography, Holter,
TMT, Gastroendoscopy, Colonoscopy,
Bronchoscopy, Ultrasonography
and Pulmonary Function Test
facilities are available on
a regular basis. Specific
investigations related to
Biochemistry, Hematology,
Microbiology and Pathology
are available at the respective
departments that are well
manned and equipped for carrying
out academic, research and
health services.
Regular micro bus services
plying on different routes
and connect NMC with other
parts of the city together
with taxis which are available
for the transport of patients
to and from NMCTH from the
early dawn to late at night.
MISSION OF NMC
The mission set by Nepal Medical
College (NMC) is to educate
human resources for health
who are competent and have
caring and compassionate behaviour
for rendering preventive,
promotive, curative and rehabilitative
health care services to the
people and at the same time
keep themselves updated with
the latest trends in medical
and health sciences education
by self-enquiring minds of
biomedical, sociocultural
and epidemiological scientific
research.
VISION OF NMC
-
Conduct
undergraduate, graduate
and postgraduate levels
of medical education programs
by embarking upon latest
trends in medical education.
-
Undertake
undergraduate, graduate
and postgraduate levels
of programs in different
disciplines of Health Sciences
education.
-
Provide
quality tertiary health
care services from Nepal
Medical College Teaching
Hospital and Sub-specialty
Health Care and Research
Centers.
-
Provide
general health services
from community satellite
health centers.
-
Conduct
continuing education programs.
-
Carry
out biomedical, sociocultural
and epidemiological scientific
research.
-
Improve
the health status of the
people of Nepal by bringing
in an impact on the health
profile of the district
where it is established
and the country as a whole.
-
Develop
links with national and
international universities/
institutions/ colleges/
hospitals/ organizations/
societies/ clubs/ foundations/
philanthropists and individuals
in relation to conducting
undergraduate, graduate
and postgraduate levels
of academic programs/ providing
health care/ performing
research/ exchanging faculty/
developing infrastructure/
acquiring equipments/ collecting
endowments/ exchanging students
/ providing social services
and overall achievement
for the development and
progress of Medical and
Health Sciences Education
and Health Care Service
in Nepal.
-
Become
a self reliant academic
institution of par excellence
for the graduate, post-graduate
and doctoral level studies
in Medical and Health Sciences
Education and attain the
status of a deemed technical
university of medical and
health sciences of international
repute.
PURPOSE OF NMC
The purpose of establishing
Nepal Medical College was
to “sow” the “seed”
of self-reliance by the Nepalese
professionals in setting up
a medical college and its
hospital, the first of its
kind in Nepal with one hundred
percent initiative taken by
the Nepalese, of the Nepalese
and for the Nepalese. This
sets an example to the “Daughters
and Sons of Nepal” to
be motivated to undertake
initiative in establishing
similar institutions on their
own in future for the cause
of human resources development
in health in order to give
continuity to health sciences
education, health care service
and scientific research.
NMC DEDICATION
Nepal Medical College, established
by the Nepalese of the Nepalese
for the Nepalese is DEDICATED
to the PEOPLE OF NEPAL.
MOTTO OF NMC
Nepal Medical College believes
that a medical student must
receive quality education
by acquiring medical education
based on the scientific truth,
possess psychomotor skill
required to perform competencies
of a medical graduate and
demonstrate benevolent, compassionate
and empathetic behavior expected
of the medical profession.
During the period that one
undertakes the MBBS course
of study, one must be exposed
to suitable learning experiences
in a congenial environment
with modern technologies for
understanding the subject
matters and also be aware
of doing research, an essential
part of the medical profession,
that contributes to the growth
of scientific knowledge. Upon
the achievement of quality
education augmented with the
elementary know-how on research,
the medical graduate becomes
confident to provide health
services with confidence.
Adhering to these principles,
NMC believes that quality
Health care service is only
possible when education is
supplemented with research.
Hence, “Education -
Research - Service”,
has been enshrined to be the
Motto of NMC.
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