| Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad | |
| Native Name: | স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Abbreviation: | SWACHIP |
| Type: | Professional organisation |
| Headquarters: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Membership: | 13000 |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Dr. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury |
| Leader Title2: | General Secretary |
| Leader Name2: | Professor Dr. Md. Kamrul Hasan Milon |
| Parent Organization: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ) aka SWACHIP is an organisation of pro-Awami League doctors of Bangladesh. Dr. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury is the president and Prof Dr. Kamrul Hasan Milon is the incumbent general secretary of the organisation since 25 November 2022.[1] [2] [3]
SWACHIP was formed on 24 December 1993 as a retaliation to formation of Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a pro-BNP organisation.[4] Prof. M A Qadri was made president and Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin was the secretary. In 2003, in its national conference Prof. AFM Ruhal Haque and Prof. M Iqbal Arslan was elected as president and secretary respectively. In 2015, M Iqbal Arslan was electes as president while M A Aziz was elected as secretary general of the organisation.[5] [6] [7] In 2022, Dr. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury was elected as president while Prof Dr. Kamrul Hasan Milon was elected as secretary general of the organisation.[8]
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.[9] SWACHIP also has institutional and regional branches all over the country. 151 members form the central committee of SWACHIP. It has more than 13000 members all over the country.[10]