Abul Kalam Azad (doctor)

Azad was born in 1960 in Nilphamari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.{{Cite web |title=Govt appoints Prof Abul Kalam Azad director general for health services |url=https://bdnews24.com/health/govt-appoints-prof-abul-kalam-azad-director-general-for-health-services |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}} He completed his MBBS at the Dhaka Medical College.

Azad was additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services from 2011 to 2016. He founded Sandhani National Eye Donation Society. He was the additional director general of administration at the Directorate General for Health Services.

On 1 September 2016, Azad was appointed the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services. He replaced Professor Deen Mohd. Noorul Haq.{{Cite web |title=Abul Kalam Azad takes charge as new director general for health |url=https://bdnews24.com/health/abul-kalam-azad-takes-charge-as-new-director-general-for-health |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}} He resigned in July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh after Regent Hospital was caught with fake COVID-19 tests.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-21 |title=Health DG resigns amid criticism |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/dghs-director-general-abul-kalam-azad-resigns-109702 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}} Azad was criticized for the scam.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-24 |title=Govt served legal notice to arrest ex-DG of health directorate |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/top-news/news/govt-served-legal-notice-arrest-ex-dg-health-directorate-1935657 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} The directorate had blamed the Ministry of Health for pressuring it to provide a license to Regent Hospital.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-22 |title=DGHS chief Azad quits amid scams |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/dg-dghs-abul-kalam-azad-resigns-1933977 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} He was replaced by Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-24 |title=Prof Khurshid made new DG of DGHS |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/prof-khurshid-made-new-dg-dghs-1935309 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}

Azad was sued in the Regent Hospital scam case.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Regent Hospital scam: Charges against ex-DG of DGHS, 5 others accepted |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/regent-hospital-scam-charges-against-ex-dg-dghs-5-others-accepted-2967856 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} In October 2021, Justice K. M. Emrul Kayesh granted bail to Azad in a case filed over the fake tests by Regent Hospital.{{Cite news |date=7 October 2021 |title=Regent Hospital scam: Former DGHS chief Azad surrenders, gets bail till Nov 2 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/court/260814/regent-hospital-scam-former-dghs-chief-azad |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} The hospital had been scamming patients from the National Institutes of Preventive and Social Medicine.{{Cite news |date=5 October 2021 |title=Former DGHS chief Azad returns from court without surrendering in Regent Hospital scam case |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/health/260636/former-dghs-chief-azad-returns-from-court-without |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}

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