DHAKA, Dec 5, 2023 (BSS) - National Professor Brigadier (retd) Abdul Malik,

founder and president of National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh, died at the
Heart Foundation at 9:40am this 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.

In a condolence message, Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road
Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has expressed profound shock
and sorrow at the death of National Heart Foundation founder and National
Professor Dr Abdul Malik.

He said the nation will remember forever the contribution of Prof Dr Abdul
Malik in the field of heart treatment in Bangladesh.

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