A Bangladesh Army doctor, who was critically injured in an accident while on a peace mission in Ivory Coast, died yesterday at a hospital in South Africa.
The deceased, Lt Md Tauhid-ul-Muluk, sustained severe head injuries in a road accident in the West African country on December 28, said an ISPR press release issued in Dhaka yesterday.
Lt Muluk was evacuated to the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg where he was kept on life support. On-duty doctor declared him dead around 7.10 pm local time yesterday,
Tauhid-ul-Muluk went to Ivory Coast on January 24, 2013 with BAN Medical-9. He worked as a cardiac anaesthetist at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka before going on the UN mission.
He is survived by his parents, wife, a daughter and a son.
