National Professor Dr Abdul Malik passes away

President, PM mourn

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FE Team | Published: December 05, 2023 23:28:25

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National Professor Brigadier (retd) Abdul Malik, founder and president of National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh, died at the Heart Foundation at 09:40am on Tuesday, reports BSS.
He was 94.
He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of well-wishers to mourn his death.
Professor Malik was born on December 1, 1929 in a respectable Muslim family in village Paschim Bhag of South Surma, Sylhet.
He passed MBBS in 1954 from Dhaka Medical College as a regular student. For higher education, he was sent to the UK in 1963 by the government.
After passing MRCP in 1964, he received higher training in Cardiology at Hammersmith Hospital, Post Graduate Medical School London and other hospitals in UK from March 1964.
In 1978, Malik established the National Heart Foundation in Dhaka's Mirpur area. He was awarded the Independence Award in 2004 for his contributions to the field of medicine.
Meanwhile, President Mohammed Shahabuddin expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Dr Abdul Malik.
UNB adds: Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of National Professor Dr Abdul Malik.