President mourns death of 1971 War veteran Zafrullah Chowdhury

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 eternal peace of his departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.

Dr Zafrullah breathed his last at 11:35 PM on Tuesday at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment. He was 81.

A leading civil society figure and a vascular surgeon by background, Chowdhury was suffering due to kidney ailment for long 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.

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