Nepal
Medical College (NMC) and
Nepal Medical College Teaching
Hospital (NMCTH) form two
sides of the same health institution,
established primarily for
imparting Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
program in Nepal. Because
of the necessity for the amalgamation
of the college and the hospital
into one single entity as
demanded by the academic program,
the NMC FLAG has been designed
to represent both Nepal Medical
College and Nepal Medical
College Teaching Hospital
in order to symbolize integration
of Health Sciences Education
and health care services.
Similar in shape to that
of the national flag of Nepal,
it has blue colour border,
which, in reverence to the
greatest son of Nepal, the
universal apostle of peace,
Gautam the Buddha, stands
for peace and signifies Nepal’s
claim for the zone of peace.
The background of the flag
is white, which symbolises
purity and depicts the colour
of the attire of the Health
Professionals in most parts
of the world. It also signifies
purity of mind, clarity of
thoughts, truthfulness and
honesty in behaviour, the
essential qualities possessed
by the Health Sciences Students
and Health Professionals of
NMC, following the examples
set by the greatest daughter
of Nepal, Sita.
On the center of the NMC
Flag lies the symbol of Red
Cross, which represents the
universal symbol that stands
for providing help to alleviate
the sufferings of the Humanity
and represents Nepal Medical
College Teaching Hospital.
On the forefront of the Red
Cross stands the NMC Logo,
which represents Nepal Medical
College, established by the
people of Nepal, which imparts
health sciences education
to create health professionals
for alleviating the sufferings
of the humanity. As the NMC
Logo and Red Cross integrate
and blend with each other
in the NMC FLAG, so do the
functions of Nepal Medical
College and Nepal Medical
College Teaching Hospital
in transforming Health Sciences
students into competent Health
Professionals in the service
to humanity.
May the NMC Flag flutter
ever high and encourage Health
Sciences students and health
Professionals to fly high
in their study and career.
(The NMC FLAG has been designed
by former NMC Bio-Medical
Engineer Mr. Raj Bhakta Shrestha
and the text written by Founder
Principal Dr. S. B. Rizyal)
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