DMC will become South Asia's leading medical edn hub, hopes Dr Zubaida

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's wife and renowned cardiologist Dr Zubaida Rahman on Saturday expressed the hope that Dhaka Medical College (DMC) will emerge as one of South Asia's leading centres for medical education, research and innovation within the next 20-25 years, reports UNB.
Speaking as a special guest at the inaugural programme of DMC Day-2026, she said, "Twenty or twenty-five years from now, we want to see Dhaka Medical College as one of South Asia's finest centres for medical education, research and innovation."
A former student of the DMC's 43rd batch, Zubaida said the institution's next chapter should be marked by innovation, international collaboration, excellence in research and compassionate leadership.
"Today, we are spread across different parts of the world. Our workplaces may be different, but the roots of our identity remain at Dhaka Medical College Hospital," she said.
Zubaida said DMC Hospital should become "a centre of excellence and compassion for patients."
"A reassuring word can work like medicine. While medical science is built on knowledge, the medical profession is founded on humanity. However advanced technology becomes, people will always remain at the centre of healthcare," she added.
Calling on former students to contribute more actively to the institution, Zubaida said alumni should be connected not only through memories but also through responsibility.
"The true strength of an institution lies not in its infrastructure but in its people. Dhaka Medical College's greatest assets are its talent, values and humanity. Even in competition, cooperation remains a strength. Behind every success in medical science is a human being, a family and a life," she said.
Recalling her student days, Zubaida shared several emotional experiences that shaped her understanding of the medical profession.
She remembered the death of a patient suffering from brain haemorrhage because the hospital's CT scan machine was out of order at the time.
"Despite our best efforts, we could not save him. During my third, fourth and fifth years, and later during internship, I witnessed and felt that helplessness many times," the PM's wife said.
She also recalled a blind child admitted to the paediatric ward, a domestic worker suffering from aplastic anaemia, and a poor pregnant woman abandoned by her husband after learning she was expecting what he thought would be their eighth daughter.
The baby was later born as a boy but suffered breathing complications before doctors managed to save him, Zubaida recalled.