Muhammad Ibrahim
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Education
Ibrahim earned MBBS degree from Calcutta Medical College in 1938.[3] He became MRCP in 1949. He was made a Fellow of College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) in 1950.[3]
Career
Ibrahim established Diabetic Association of Pakistan (later Diabetic Association of Bangladesh) on 28 February 1956.[4] He also founded Diabetic Association in Karachi and Lahore, West Pakistan, in 1964.[5]
Ibrahim established the diabetes health-care and research institute complex, BIRDEM at Dhaka in 1980 where the out-patients centre of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association was shifted to. The institute is housed in two buildings, named the Ibrahim Memorial Diabetes Centre after his death in 1989.[5] In recognition of its innovative, extensive and high quality service it was designated in 1982 as a "WHO-Collaborating Centre for Developing Community-oriented Programs for Prevention and Control of Diabetes." It is the first such centre in Asia.[5] He established the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training for Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN) and Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) in Dhaka to develop low-cost nutrition, and to give vocational training to poor and unemployed diabetics.[4]
Ibrahim served as an adviser to the president, with the rank of minister in-charge of the Ministry of Health and Population Control, in the mid-1970s.[4]
Ibrahim took part in drafting the government's first population control policy and setting up National Population Council.
Ibrahim was a founder fellow at the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, Amman, Jordan in 1986.[1]
Awards
- Independence Day Award (1979)
- Gold Medal by Begum Zebunnesa and Kazi Mahbubullah Trust (1981)
- Gold Medal by Mahbub Ali Khan Memorial Trust (1985)
- Gold Medal by Comilla Foundation, Comilla (1986)
- Gold Medal by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Memorial Trust (1989)
- Gold Medal by Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (1989)[3]
Personal life and legacy
Ibrahim's death anniversary is observed as the Diabetic Service Day to endorse and honor his contribution to socio-medicare services.[5]
References
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- 1911 births
- 1989 deaths
- Bangladeshi military doctors
- National Professors of Bangladesh
- Recipients of the Independence Award
- Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
- Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy
- Burials at Banani Graveyard
- Academic staff of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi people of Indian descent
- Academic staff of Sir Salimullah Medical College