Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad
Political organisation in Bangladesh
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Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ) aka SWACHIP is an organisation of pro-Awami League doctors of Bangladesh. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury is the president and Kamrul Hasan Milon is the incumbent general secretary of the organisation since 25 November 2022.[1][2][3]
স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ | |
| Abbreviation | SWACHIP |
|---|---|
| Formation | 24 December 1993 |
| Type | Professional organisation |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Membership | 13000 |
President | Jamal Uddin Chowdhury |
General Secretary | Md. Kamrul Hasan Milon |
Parent organization | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Website | swachip |
History
SWACHIP was formed on 24 December 1993 as a counter to formation of Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a right wing pro-BNP organisation.[4] M A Qadri was made president and Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin was the secretary. In 2003, in its national conference, AFM Ruhal Haque and M Iqbal Arslan were elected as president and secretary respectively. In 2015, M Iqbal Arslan was elected as president, while M A Aziz was elected as secretary general of the organisation.[5][6][7] In 2022, Jamal Uddin Chowdhury was elected as president, while Kamrul Hasan Milon was elected as secretary general of the organisation.[1]
Organisation
According to SWACHIP's constitution, a committee is elected for two-year term by a national conference. But only four national conferences had been held since SWACHIP's inception.[8] SWACHIP also has institutional and regional branches all over the country. 151 members form the central committee of SWACHIP.[7] It has more than 13,000 members all over the country.[9]