Sahiwal Medical College

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Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal

ساہیوال میڈیکل کالج ساہیوال
SLMC
Other name	Sahiwal Teaching Hospital
Motto	Knowledge, Service and Excellence
Type	Public
Established	2010 (2010)
Academic affiliations	UHS
Principal	Prof.Dr.Rashad Qamar Rao
Students	600
Address	Medical College Road, Farid Town , Sahiwa, Punjab , Pakistan
Colours	Maroon & green
Website	slmc.edu.pk

Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal (Urdu:ساہیوال میڈیکل کالج ساہیوال ), SLMC, established in 2010, is a public school of medicine located in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established to provide education in the Punjab region and especially in Sahiwal District. Old District Headquarter Teaching Hospital Sahiwal (558 beds) renamed now Sahiwal Teaching Hospital Sahiwal (with addition of double bed capacity), Government Haji Abdul Qayyum Teaching Hospital Sahiwal (72 beds) and Ghalla Mandi Mini Hospital (10 beds) Sahiwal are attached to the college as the teaching hospitals. The student intake is 120 students per year. The new block of DHQ hospital is under construction. After it is functional, the DHQ Teaching Hospital Sahiwal is going to be transformed into 1158 beds hospital Construction of new hospital within the new campus will soon start ^[1] The college is also administering Nursing Teaching Institute at Sahiwal Teaching Hospital.

Sahiwal Medical College graduates are known as Sahilites throughout the globe. According to legacy, each batch has its own name as following.

• Batch S1 2010-15 Jaguars
• Batch S2 2011-16 Falcons
• Batch S3 2012-17 Blazoners
• Batch S4 2013-18 Fighters
• Batch S5 2014-19 Titans
• Batch S6 2015-20 Scorchers
• Batch S7 2016-21 Vikings
• Batch S8 2017-22 Spartans
• Batch S9 2018-23 Sterlings
• Batch S10 2019-24 Pirates
• Batch S11 2020-25 Griffins

Inauguration[]

Sahiwal is a district and division of Punjab, having a rich agriculture-based economy. Feeling the utmost need of a medical college in the area, on 27 November 2010, Chief Minister Punjab laid the foundation stone of Sahiwal Medical College. The government has allotted 70 acres near Central Jail Sahiwal for the college, where the campus was completed at the cost of Rs. 1 billion in 2014 and the college shifted to its new building.^[2][3]

Academic programs[]

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – a five-year undergraduate programme

Departments[]

Recognition[]

The medical college is listed in the International Medical College Education Directory (IMED).^[4]

See also[]

• Societies of Sahiwal Medical College
• Literary Society
• Debating Society
• Sports and Gaming Society
• Media and Arts Society
• Dramatic Society
• Islamic Society
• Welfare Society
• Photographic Club
• SYNCH SLMC

The college campus has a cricket ground, football ground, volleyball ground, basketball court. Table tennis, badminton and athletics are also part of the extracurricular activities of SLMC.

Sports week is held in February in which almost every game is played within and inter classes. After sports week there is a student's week in which competitions of Qirat, Naat, Millisong, debating, drama, short video and cultural performances take place between classes. A recent addition to the college's extracurricular activities is the Sport's league and RAMZAN PREMIER LEAGUE which are non-official competitions of cricket, volleyball and football. In the month of April, the annual funfair is organized for pure entertainment purposes.

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