█_ 24th January 2013 _█ The date, when someone lost. The doctors were in chamber or in hospital, students were studying; but the breakin...
█_ 24th January 2013 _█ The date, when someone lost.
The doctors were in chamber or in hospital, students were studying; but the breaking news bar of the television was repeatedly showing the news of departure of our beloved personality National Professor (Dr.) Nurul Islam Sir.
Gone . . . Pearl of the country gone . . . ▒▒▒ (Sigh..!) ▒▒▒
Second Nurul Islam may not again born in the country who can sacrifice his life as like him for the improvement of medical system in Bangladesh. Actually it’s not possible to do so many things by having this short life span. But he did, National Professor (Dr.) Nurul Islam did it. What he did, was beyond the expectation from a single person. Maintaining personal, social, family life he contributed unlimited to the medical field of Bangladesh.
We should not, we cannot; the doctors should not, the doctors cannot forget his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine in Bangladesh.
As long as doctors will survive in this country, National Professor (Dr.) Nurul Islam Sir also will survive in their mind at prayer and at nostalgia.
From - USTC Medical College
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Biography
National Professor Dr Nurul Islam
Brief Life History of National Professor Dr Nurul Islam
Date and place of birth
1st April, 1928, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Education
MB, Calcutta, 1951; TDD, University of Wales, 1955; MRCP, 1956; FCCP,American College of Chest Physicians, 1962; FCPS, 1963; FRCP Edin,1966; FRCP Lond, 1977;DSc,Ansted University Malaysia,1999;FCGP Bangladesh.
Fields of specialization and research
Specialization – in the field of medical science. He is a successful physician, teacher and research scientist and an outstanding personality of Bangladesh. He is a dreamer and architect of tobaccofree society who first launched the anti-tobacco movement in Bangladesh through establishment of ADHUNIK meaning ‘Amra Dhumpan Nibaron Kori’, the first national anti-tobacco organization.
Service and positions held
Director & Professor, IPGMR, 1965-87, Founding Dean, Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, DU, Physician to Founding Father of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1971-75, Founding Councillor, Pakistan & Bangladesh Colleges of Physicians & Surgeons, Chairman, Bangladesh First National AIDS Committee, Founder Chairman, Janasheba Foundation & Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS), Founder President, ADHUNIK (National antitobacco organization), Founder Chief Adviser, Coalition Against Tobacco (CAT), Chairman, Editorial Board, Tobacco News, Vice Chairman, Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh, Founder President & Founder Vice Chancellor, University of Science & Technology Chittagong, 1992 till date. In the international field : Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on HMD (1976-1992), Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Tobacco & Health, 1992–, Emeritus Adviser, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Foreign Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Sciences.
Publications
He has to his credit over 100 publications on health and drugs in international journals and over 100 articles on anti-tobacco movement only published in national and international dailies and journals. He wrote over 27 books including some on Tobacco & Health eg Tobacco Smoking : Opinions, Questions & Answers; Medical Diagnosis & Treatment; Tropical Eosinophilia; Essential Drugs for Village Practice; Prescription and Professionals; Something About Health; Some Thoughts; Jibon Srotay (In the stream of life); History of IPGMR; Bangabandhu (in the eyes of his personal physician); Thoughts on Complementary Medicine; Tobacco Control In Bangladesh: The Man Behind (a compilation of his anti-tobacco articles appreciated by the world leaders of anti-tobacco movement).
Awards/honours/distinctions
Countries & institutions visited
Almost all countries of Asia and the Middle East, USSR, UK, Germany, Norway, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, France, USA, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Morocco, Sudan, etc.
Editing work, if any
USTA (USTC Annual publication), Tropical Doctor, etc.
Fellowship and membership of other organizations
Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Bangladesh College of General Practitioners,Royal College of Physicians (Edin & Lond,Emeritus Regional Adviser 1998), Bangladesh Academy of Sciences,Bangladesh Society of Allergy and Immunology, Bangladesh Association for Advancement of Medical Science.
-- Awards --
Prof Islam has been awarded many Medals and Commemorative Certificates.
Some are: President’s Gold Medal (1963); Gold Medal–Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
(1982); Daymi Award for Religion and Social work (1986); Rangdhanu Academy Award
(1986) for Social Service; Highest National Award – The Independence Day Award (1997);
WHO Commemorative Medal worthy of international recognition for tobacco control in 1990
& 1992; Ibn Sina Medal (1995); Gold Medal–RCP Edin (1999); Social Service Award by the
Govt of Bangladesh (2000); Bangladesh Nutrition Society Aw a rd (2002); Hussain Shahid
Suhrawardi Award for tobacco – free society (2003); Bangla Academy Award (2003); Dr BC
Roy Gold Medal and ‘Chikitsa Ratna’ Award for Medical Science, Kolkata (2003); Enriching
Communal Harmony & Human Rights Award, Kolkata University, India (2004); WHO, DG’s
Special Award for outstanding work in the field of tobacco control in the South- East Asia
Region (2005); Prime Minister’s National Science Writers’ Award (2005); Marie Curie Award
for Medical Science (2006).
