Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital

Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital
হলি ফ্যামিলি রেড ক্রিসেন্ট মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতাল
Other names
HFRCMCH
Former name
Holy Family Hospital
TypeMedical college and hospital
Established1953 (1953) (Hospital)
2000 (Medical College)[1]
Academic affiliation
University of Dhaka
PrincipalK.M Mozibul Haque (Acting)[2]
Academic staff
158
Undergraduates827[1]
Location
Iskaton Garden Road, Ramna,[3] Dhaka
,
Dhaka Division
,
Bangladesh

23°44′47″N 90°24′09″E / 23.746503°N 90.402597°E / 23.746503; 90.402597
CampusUrban, 8.10 acre
LanguageEnglish
Hospital Beds750
Websitewww.hfrcmc.edu.bd

Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital[4][5][6] (Bengali: হলি ফ্যামিলি রেড ক্রিসেন্ট মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতাল) is a private medical college and hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[7][8][9]

History

In 1953,[10][1] it was built as the Holy Family Hospital in Maghbazar, Dhaka.[11][12][13] It was the main hospital of Dacca, then capital of East Pakistan.[12] It was a Catholic hospital staffed by nuns.[14][15] It was affiliated with the Red Cross then.[16]

During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, it was one of three neutral zones providing shelter to foreign nationals and UN personnel. The other zones were Notre Dame College, Dhaka and InterContinental Dhaka.[17]

In 2000,[1] it established its medical college in Iskaton, Dhaka. It is a college affiliated to Dhaka University.[18][12] It confers the MBBS degree at the end of a course of five years duration.[19][20] A one year post graduation internship is mandatory for all graduates.[21][22] The degree is recognized by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.[23][24][25]

Doctors and staff at the hospital confined their director, demanding an increase in their pay structure in June 2016.[26] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh this hospital was used as a dedicated COVID-19 hospital.[27] In 2022, a professor of the medical school was suspended after police charged him with sexual harassment of a student.[28]

In June 2021, Transparency International Bangladesh published a report on the hospital which alleged widespread corruption, mismanagement, and political interference at the Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital.[29] The hospital is struggling with declining patient admissions, overstaffing, and poor service quality.[29] The report blamed the chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Major General (retired) ATM Abdul Wahab, for the situation.[29] It recommended governance reforms, workforce restructuring, and increasing transparency.[29][30]

The Daily Star reported in 2024 that the hospital owed 53.2 million BDT in holding tax to the Dhaka South City Corporation, making it one of top five tax defaulting institute under the city corporation.[31] The director of the hospital, Brigadier General (retired) SM Humayun Kabir, said that the hospital had sought a tax waiver as a non-profit.[31]

Notable staff

References

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  2. ^ "Message from the Desk of Principal". hfrcmc.edu.bd. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Ramna Thana". Banglapedia. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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  5. ^ "Covid-19 patients can now be treated at Holy Family hospital". The Daily Star. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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  7. ^ "Families of Holy Family Hospital retirees receive gratuity after 30 years". The Business Standard. 3 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Holy family hospital opens mortuary". Daily Sun. September 2020.
  9. ^ "What brings foreign students to the Holy Family Medical College Hospital?". The Business Standard. 26 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  10. ^ "হলি ফ্যামিলি হাসপাতাল ফিরছে হারানো গৌরবে". Samakal (in Bengali). 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  11. ^ মাসুম, ওবায়দুর (18 September 2020). "অব্যবস্থাপনায় ডুবছে হলি ফ্যামিলি হাসপাতাল". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "A diagnosis of Holy Family: Reasons behind the hospital's decline". The Business Standard. September 2021.
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  15. ^ Tripathi, Jayshree Misra (2025). The Other Side of Diplomacy. Westland Non-Fiction. ISBN 978-93-6045-989-5.
  16. ^ Chowdhury, Elora Halim (6 May 2022). Ethical Encounters: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh. Temple University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-4399-2225-5.
  17. ^ Pattanaik, Smruti S. (8 February 2024). Recounting the Memories of Bangladesh's Liberation War: Why It Is Still Relevant. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-84917-9.
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  20. ^ "About - HFRCMCH". dacbd.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  21. ^ "রাজনীতির কারণে হলি ফ্যামিলি হাসপাতালের সেবার মান তলানিতে: টিআইবি". Prothom Alo. 25 June 2023.
  22. ^ "শিক্ষার্থীকে যৌন হয়রানি: হলি ফ্যামিলি মেডিকেল কলেজের শিক্ষকের বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ গঠন". The Daily Star Bangla. 24 August 2022.
  23. ^ BM&DC ([email protected]). "BM&DC". Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College student dies of Covid-19". Daily Sun. July 2020.
  25. ^ "Private medical colleges, where money trumps merit". Business Post. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Holy Family Hospital director confined demanding new pay scale". The Daily Star. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  27. ^ Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum (8 September 2020). "Dedicated Covid-19 Hospitals: Govt moves to reduce number". The Daily Star. pp. 30 June 2025.
  28. ^ "Ex-teacher of Holy Family Medical College charged over sexual harassment". The Daily Star. 7 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  29. ^ a b c d "It's plagued by irregularities, corruption". The Daily Star. 26 June 2023. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  30. ^ "What's happening at the Holy Family Hospital?". The Daily Star. 27 June 2023. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  31. ^ a b "19 institutions owe DSCC Tk 75cr in holding tax". The Daily Star. 12 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  32. ^ Latif, Muhammad Murad (19 October 2005). "In Memoriam Dr Zohra Begum Kazi". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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