K. K. Aggarwal (cardiologist)

{{Infobox person

| name = Krishan Kumar Aggarwal

| image = K. K. Agarwal image.png

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|9|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = New Delhi, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|05|17|1958|09|05|df=y}}

| death_place = New Delhi, India

| resting place =

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| othername = Krishan, Jhepu, Kissu, Dr KK, KK

| occupation = Physician and Life Style Interventional Cardiologist

| alma_mater = Nagpur University, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

| awards = {{Ubl | Padma Shri| Dr. B. C. Roy Award}}

}}

Krishan Kumar Aggarwal (5 September 1958 – 17 May 2021) was an Indian physician and senior cardiologist who was President of the Confederation of Medical Association of Asia and Oceania (CMAAO), President of the Heart Care Foundation of India and the Past National President of Indian Medical Association. In 2010, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of medicine.

Biography

Dr. Aggarwal was born on 5 September 1958.{{cite news |author1=Amitabh Srivastava |title=Dr KK Aggarwal: A man devoted to public welfare and health awareness; void left by him won't be easy to fill |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/dr-kk-aggarwal-a-man-devoted-to-public-welfare-and-health-awareness-void-left-by-him-wont-be-easy-to-fill |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=National Herald |date=18 May 2021}} He did his MBBS from Nagpur University in 1979{{cite web |url=http://heartcarefoundationfund.heartcarefoundation.org/Dr%20K%20K%20Aggarwal.aspx |title=President - Dr K K Aggarwal, Padma Shri, Dr B C Roy National Awardee & DST National Science Communication Awardee |website=Heart Care Foundation |date=2014 |access-date=9 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815010210/http://heartcarefoundationfund.heartcarefoundation.org/Dr%20K%20K%20Aggarwal.aspx |archive-date=15 August 2020}} and obtained an MD from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in 1983.{{cite web |title=Dr KK Aggarwal |url=https://www.mgims.ac.in/index.php/kk |website=mgims.ac.in |access-date=24 May 2021}} He was a senior consultant at Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi, India, until 2017.{{cite web |last=Aggarwal |first=Dr. KK, PTI |author-link=K. K. Aggarwal (cardiologist) |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/archives/you-are-what-you-eat/article1-12846.aspx | title=You are what you eat | website=Hindustan Times | date=5 January 2005 |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109172146/https://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/archives/you-are-what-you-eat/article1-12846.aspx |archive-date=9 November 2014}}

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 and chairman of the International Medical Sciences Academy's Delhi chapter. 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.{{cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-02/news/53480151_1_ima-indian-medical-association-secretary | title=Dr KK Aggarwal elected as the new IMA general secretary | website=The Economic Times | date=2 September 2014 |location=New Delhi |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909124041/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-02/news/53480151_1_ima-indian-medical-association-secretary |archive-date=9 September 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://ijcpgroup.com/?leadership=dr-kk-aggarwal | title=Dr KK Aggarwal | website=IJCP | date=2014 | access-date=9 November 2014 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208185223/http://ijcpgroup.com/?leadership=dr-kk-aggarwal |archive-date=8 February 2014}} He was appointed the president of "Confederation of Medical Association of Asia and Oceania" (CMAAO) in September 2019.{{cite news |title=Dr K K Aggarwal sworn in as the President of CMAAO |url=https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/66/14629/dr-k-k-aggarwal-sworn-in-as-the-president-of-cmaao.html |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=Bio spectrum India |date=6 September 2019}} He also served as the Vice Chairman of World Fellowship of Religion.{{cite interview |url=http://www.sarkarimirror.com/80-ka-fundaa-can-make-you-live-80-years-says-the-renowned-dr-k-k-agarwal-padmashri-awardee-and-renowned-cardiologist-in-an-exclusive-interview-with-our-editor-in-chief-mr-tarun-sharma/ | title="80 Ka Fundaa" can make you live beyond 80 years |first=Dr. K.K. |last=Aggarwal |author-link=K. K. Aggarwal (cardiologist) |interviewer=Tarun Sharma |website=Sarkari Mirror |via=Sarkarimirror.com | date=2014 | access-date=9 November 2014}}

Aggarwal published books on health including Alloveda in which he combined ancient Vedic medicine with modern allopathy.{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Riya |date=May 20, 2021 |title=Wave Hi Toh Hai, Chali Jayegi: A Tribute to Doctor KK Aggarwal |url=https://dtutimes.com/blog/wave-hi-toh-hai-chali-jayegi-a-tribute-to-dr-kk-aggarwal-457 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=DTU Times |quote=He had also published various books, the most notable one being Alloveda, in which he pitched the culmination of modern allopathic treatment with Ayurvedic remedies. |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705043556/https://dtutimes.com/blog/wave-hi-toh-hai-chali-jayegi-a-tribute-to-dr-kk-aggarwal-457 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Allopathy & Vedas |url=https://kkaggarwal.com/free-way-page.php?pid=28 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=kkaggarwal.com}} He contributed to the International Textbook on Echocardiography with six chapters on echocardiography. He has around 14 publications in international journals such as The American Journal of Cardiology and Circulation; and 115 publications in the Indian journals such as the Indian Heart Journal, The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India and the Indian Journal of Heart Research.

He had claimed that the Indian epic Mahabharata offers answers to many psychiatric issues and Lord Krishna was India's first counsellor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.india.com/news/india/mahabharata-offers-answers-on-psychiatry-lord-krishna-was-indias-first-counsellor-ima-chief-kk-aggarwal-2357093/|title=Mahabharata offers answers on psychiatry, Lord Krishna was India's first counsellor: IMA chief KK Aggarwal |first=Uddipta |last=Das |date=27 July 2017 |website=India.com |language=en}} He was honored with the Dr. B. C. Roy Award in 2005.{{cite web | url=http://www.emedinews.in/ | title=Padma Shri, Dr B C Roy National Awardee and National Science Communication Awardee. Limca Book of Record Holder (CPR). Gold Medalist |website=E Medi News |publisher=IJCP Group |date=9 November 2014 | access-date=9 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109162508/https://www.emedinews.in/ |archive-date=9 November 2014}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2021/05/14/popular-cardiologist-dr-k-k-aggarwal-and-first-person-vaccinated-of-covid-19i-in-india-dies/ |title=Popular Cardiologist Dr K K Aggarwal and First person vaccinated of covid-19i in India dies |author=Lethebo |date=14 May 2021 |website=Latest News South Africa |language=en-US |via=Latestnewssouthafrica.com}} He has also received the "Vishwa Hindi Samman", "National Science Communication Award", "FICCI Health Care Personality of the Year Award", "Dr D S Mungekar National IMA Award" and the "Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award". In 2010, he received the Padma Shri Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57307 | title=Padma 2010 | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=25 January 2010 | access-date=7 November 2014}}

Aggarwal was criticized for justifying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to light lamps during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/video/958096/ex-ima-chief-kk-aggarwal-invokes-pseudoscience-to-justify-narendra-modis-call-to-light-lamps|title=Ex IMA chief invokes pseudoscience to justify Narendra Modi's call to light lamps |date=3 April 2020 |website=The Scroll |language=en}}

Death

In May 2021, Aggarwal's family announced that he was undergoing treatment for a COVID-19 infection in Delhi.{{cite news |title=Dr K K Aggarwal's Family Trashes Death Rumours, Says He's 'Battling Serious Bout Of Covid-19 Infection' |url=https://news.abplive.com/health/dr-k-k-aggarwal-battling-serious-bout-of-covid-19-infection-his-health-condition-is-stable-family-1458346 |work=ABP News |date=14 May 2021}} Aggarwal died on 17 May 2021, in New Delhi from COVID-19.{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sami |title=Breaking: Dr KK Aggarwal no more; Padma Shree Awardee succumbs to COVID|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/breaking-dr-kk-aggarwal-no-more-padma-shree-awardee-succumbs-covid-836426|date=18 May 2021 |website=International Business Times |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Dr KK Aggarwal passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/dr-kk-aggarwal-passes-away-7319296/ |website=The Indian Express |date=18 May 2021}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://kkaggarwal.com/}}

Category:1958 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors

Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India

Category:Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners

Category:Indian cardiologists

Category:Medical doctors from Delhi

Category:People from New Delhi

Category:Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University alumni

Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine