DMC team wins first-ever Bangladesh Medical Olympiad

Dhaka Medical College (DMC) team became the champion of the Bangladesh Medical Olympiad-2022 organized to increase talent, thought and practice of unfettered intellect of medical students. 

Apart from this, Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) became the runner-up while Green Life Medical College (GMC) achieved third place in the competition.

The final of the first-ever medical olympiad in Bangladesh jointly organized by Planetary Health Academia (PHA) and Platform was held at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in capital Dhaka on Saturday. 

Ibrahim Khalil, Md Muhtasim Rahman Mahir and Simanta Modak led the DMC, RMC and GMC teams respectively in the olympiad.

After the competition, the honorable guests handed over the trophy and the medals to the winner and runner-up teams.

Besides, the champion will be given air tickets to contest in the Medical Olympiad in Indonesia in 2023 while the runner-up team will receive air tickets to compete in the Nepal/India Medical Olympiad. 

Another attraction of the Bangladesh Medical Olympiad is a future carrier workshop for medical students.

The Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME), Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, and the National Heart Foundation are associate partners of the program while UniMed UniHealth Pharmaceuticals Limited is the scientific partner. 

Besides, the country's leading online news portal Jago News is the media partner. 

The University of Central Florida College of Medicine's faculty physician Dr BM Atiquzzaman is the convener of the olympiad while Platform's Dr Mohib Nirob and PHA's Dr Sharmin Abbasi are co-conveners.

PHA Chairman Dr Tasbirul Islam, Dr Chowdhury H Ahsan, Dr Shakil Farid, Dr Naser Khan and Omar Sharif have regularly been working for Bangladesh Medical Olympiad.

AAM/SU