President mourns death of 1971 War veteran Zafrullah Chowdhury
Former president M Abdul Hamid. Photo: UNB
President M Abdul Hamid today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and Liberation War veteran Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.
In a condolence message, the Head of State prayed for the eternal peace of his departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.
Dr Zafrullah breathed his last at 11:35pm on Tuesday at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment. He was 81.
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A leading civil society figure and a vascular surgeon by background, Chowdhury was suffering due to a kidney ailment for a long time alongside liver problems and Septicemia since he was infected with Covid-19.
He died yesterday hours after doctors said he was responding to the treatment.
