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Rashid Latif Medical College

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Type
  
Medical school

Chairman
  
Rashid Latif Khan

Director
  
Sabahat Khan

Phone
  
+92 49 2451091

Established
  
2010

Principal
  
Farrukh Zaman

Undergraduates
  
~600 MBBS

Founded
  
2010

Address
  
5KM ahead of Central Park Housing Society towards Kasur, Ferozepur Road, Pakistan

Similar
  
Avicenna Medical College, Sharif Medical and Dent, Akhtar Saeed Medical a, Continental Medical College, Shalamar Medical and Dent

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Rashid Latif Medical College (Urdu: راشد لطیف طبی کالج‎, abbreviated as RLMC), established in 2010 and named after its founder Rashid Latif Khan, is a private medical college located on Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Rashid Latif Medical College is established on an area of 28 acres on Ferozepur Road, Lahore by veteran Graduate and Post Graduate Medical Professors.

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The Medical College is attached with two teaching hospitals, on-campus Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital (400 beds) and Hameed Latif Hospital (250 beds) situated opp. Gaddafi Stadium also on Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Hameed Latif Hospital is also recognized for Post Graduate training by the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) in the disciplines of Gynaecology & Obstetrics and Neonatology & Anaesthesiology.

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Teaching Hospitals

RLMC is attached with two teaching hospitals, Hameed Latif Hospital and on-campus Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital:

  • Brief History of Hameed Latif Hospital
  • Prof. Dr. Rashid Latif Khan set up the first IVF centre in Pakistan in 1984 and delivered the first test tube baby not only of Pakistan but of South Asia in 1988, exactly 11 years after the birth of the first test tube baby of the world. In recognition of his services to the specialty and the field of medicine he was awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 1992 by the President of Pakistan. Prof. Dr. Rashid Latif Khan started construction of his hospital in the year of 1992 and set up started in the year of 1994, with the capacity of 20 beds, and expanded to 250 beds over the years. The hospital is recognised by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan for FCPS Part II training in the following specialties:
    i) Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    ii) Paediatric
    iii) Anaesthesia
    iv) Under Graduate Training (recognised by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council) for House Jobs and for MBBS Course of Rashid Latif Medical College.

  • Brief History of Arif Memorial Hospital
  • Arif Memorial Hospital was established and inaugurated in November 2010. It is a purpose built teaching hospital with a capacity of 400 patient beds and about 250 employees. As a charitable institute, it is funded predominantly from the donations of friends and well-wishers from around the country and across the world.

    Admission Policy

  • (For MBBS) The College admits 150 students on open merit. Admission is gender neutral and is granted through a centralised Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) conducted by the University of Health Sciences Lahore annually. The Foreign students can also apply for admission through the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The candidates who fulfil the minimum academic requirement for admission are short listed for Interview that will test their aptitude, communication skills, and English language skills.
  • Recognition and Affiliations

  • Recognised by: Pakistan Medical & Dental Council
  • Affiliated with: University of Health Sciences
  • Approved by: Ministry of Health
  • Listed in: WHO Medical Directory
  • Future Plans

    After the Success of Rashid Latif Medical College, Plans are in place to establish a dental institute with a state of the art Dental Hospital.

    Research

    Laboratory for Translational Oncology and Personalised Medicine (LTOPM) is part of the Rashid Latif Medical College. The goal of the LTOPM is to focus on personalised medicine by creating preventative health care for individuals based on their specific medical, family, and genetic make-up. In addition, RLMC has a strong commitment to facilitating the transfer of knowledge from the basic laboratory to the clinical practice, with the publication of educational series devoted to bridging the gap between molecular and clinical oncologists.

    References

    Rashid Latif Medical College Wikipedia