'Name Pabna Medical College after Dr Rabbi'
The people of Pabna district have reiterated their demand for naming Pabna Medical College after the name of martyred intellectual Dr Fazle Rabbi, a glorious son of the district. Dr Rabbi, a professor of Dhaka Medical College and an organiser of the Liberation War, borrowed martyrdom only a couple of days before the final victory on December 16 in 1971. As per the blueprint of Pakistan occupation forces, their local collaborators picked up a number of intellectuals including Dr Rabbi and brutally murdered them at Rayer Bazar and Mirpur killing grounds. Dr Rabbi's body was later found at Rayer Bazar. Martyred Intellectual Dr Fazle Rabbi Smrity Parishad in Pabna has organised daylong programmes in the district headquarters today. “Dr Fazle Rabbi sacrificed his life for independence of the country. But no remarkable step has been taken to keep his memory alive in Pabna, home town of Dr Rabbi during the 39 years of independence,” said Prof Md Moshiur Rahman, convener of Dr Fazle Rabbi Smrity Parishad in Pabna. Dr Fazle Rabbi Foundation formed in 1995 demanded naming Pabna Medical College after the name of Dr Rabbi when Pabna Medical College was established in 2007. Besides, over one hundred people from different professions submitted a memorandum to the health ministry and the planning ministry demanding naming Pabna Medical College after the martyred intellectual's name last year, said Zinat Ara, chairman of Dr Fazle Rabbi foundation. But the file is still waiting at the health ministry for approval, she said. Dr Fazle Rabbi was born on September 21 in 1932 at Chhatiani village in Pabna Sadar upazila. He passed the SSC in 1948 from Pabna Zila School and HSC from Dhaka College in 1950 with outstanding results. He passed MBBS in 1955, scoring the best result in the country and achieved gold medal from Dhaka University for it. Later he went to England for higher study and after getting the MRCP degree, he joined Hammersmith Hospital in England as senior registrar. Dr Rabbi returned to the country in 1963 and joined Dhaka Medical College as an associate professor. Urged by the desire to serve the ailing humanity, he contributed greatly in bringing qualitative change in medical service at that period. As Dr Rabbi helped the freedom fighters in different ways, the Pakistan occupation authorities kept him under their watch and finally killed him with the help of their local collaborators.
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