Tribute to great soul Dr K K Aggarwal
A renowned physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker, Dr KK Aggarwal was undergoing treatment for a Covid-19 infection and died on 17th May 2021 in New Delhi while receiving treatment for Covid-19.We heartfelt condolences on his demise. He is now a pillar in the temple of our God in the heavenly abode to rest in eternal peace.
Dr K K Aggarwal Padmashri, Dr B C Roy National Awardee, National Science Communication Awardee and Limca Book of Records Holder . He was the founding Trustee and President of Heart Care Foundation of India, a leading national non-profit organization working in the field of healthcare in India. In addition to this, he was National President of the Indian Medical Association.
A doctor and social worker par excellence, Dr Aggarwal was the only doctor in the country to have received three prestigious National awards namely the Padma Shri, Dr. BC Roy and the DST National Science and Communication Award. He was posted Professor of Bioethics, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur , senior physician, Cardiologist and Dean Board of Medical Education, Moolchand Medcity, Member Ethics Committee of the Medical Council of India, Chairman Ethics Committee of the Delhi Medical Council, Chairman of the Legal Cell Indian Academy of Echocardiography.
In the past, Dr Aggarwal has served as the Chairman of the IMA Academy of Medical Specialties, National Honorary Finance Secretary of the Indian Medical Association, Director IMA AKN Sinha Institute, President of the Delhi Medical Association, President of the IMA New Delhi Branch ( three times) and the Chairman of the Delhi Chapter of the International Medical Sciences Academy. He has also served as a visiting Professor of Clinical Research at DIPSAR.
An advocator of preventive and universal healthcare, Dr Aggarwal has pioneered leading health initiatives in the country such as starting clot-dissolving therapy for acute heart attacks in 1984 and bringing the technique of Colour Doppler Echocardiography to North India in 1988. He has also been instrumental in conceptualizing and organizing unique consumer driven health awareness platforms such as The Perfect Health Mela and the Run for your Heart annual run. In recognition of both these initiatives, the Government of India released National Postal Commemorative Stamps (INR 6.50 & 1) respectively. In 2012 he organized the first ever mega telemedicine camp at Ajmer and again the government of Rajasthan ear marked the event by releasing a postal cancellation stamp.
Dr K K Aggarwal (Krishan Kumar Aggarwal was born on 5 September 1958. He did his MBBS from Nagpur University in 1979[ and obtained an MD from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in 1983. He was a senior consultant at Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi, India, until 2017.
During his career, Aggarwal served as the Honorary Secretary General of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Chairman of the IMA Academy of Medical Specialties, National Honorary Finance Secretary of the IMA, director of the IMA’s AKN Sinha Institute, president of the Delhi Medical Association, President of the IMA’s New Delhi branch.
He taught at the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research as a visiting professor. He was the national president of the Indian Medical Association and chief editor of IJCP Group. He was appointed the president of “Confederation of Medical Association of Asia and Oceania” (CMAAO) in September 2019. He also served as the Vice Chairman of World Fellowship of Religion.
Dr Ketan Desai, President, World Medical Association and Former President of MCI, said, “With utmost grief and heavy heart I condole the sad, unfortunate and tragic demise of my personal friend and a towering personality in the field of medicine Dr. K. K. Agarwal, who was a rare blend of qualities of head and heart. By virtue of his commitment, devotion and dedication he had made a unique mark for himself. It was his passion for profession and unstinted dedication for the society that he rose to adorn the high offices of Honorary Secretary General and National President of the Indian Medical Association and also President of CMAAO.”
Dr Desai, said, “His contributions to the medical association at international flora have been monumental and have etched benchmarks, which are exemplary and emulative in nature. In him IMA has lost a valiant warrior, profession has lost a devoted professional and society has lost an excellent human being. Frankly speaking I have lost forever a dependable personal friend of all weathers and seasons. The void so created by his loss would remain unfilled for all times to come. I pray Almighty God to bestow the eternal peace to the departed soul and courage to his family to sustain this monumental loss.”