National Professor Dr Abdul Malik dies

BSS :
National Professor Brigadier (retd) Abdul Malik, founder and president of National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh and the father of cardiology, died at the Heart Foundation at 9:40am on Tuesday morning.

He was 94, a press release of the National Heart Foundation said.

Malik was undergoing treatment at the Heart Foundation and was suffering from old-age complications.

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.

Prof Malik 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 U.K 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.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of founder of National Heart Foundation and National Professor Dr Abdul Malik.

In a condolence message, the premier said Dr Malik was the pioneer of cardiovascular disease treatment in Bangladesh, adding, “He was a successful doctor, renowned teacher and social worker as well.”

She said Dr Malik has been awarded and appreciated in various ways for his philanthropic activities.

“His contribution to the field of cardiovascular disease treatment in Bangladesh will be remembered forever,” Sheikh Hasina added.

The prime minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.