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Padma Shri Awardee and Former IMA President Dr. KK Aggarwal Passes Away

Padma Shree awardee and former national president of the Indian Medical Association Dr KK Aggarwal passed away after a long battle with Covid at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday.

The 62-year-old was admitted to AIIMS for the past several days and was on ventilator support since last week.

Dr Aggarwal was a cardiologist and the head of the Heart Care Foundation of India. He received the Dr BC Roy Award in 2005 and the Padma Shree in 2010.

A message posted on his Twitter handle informed that Aggarwal “passed away at 11:30 pm on May 17”. “Ever since he became a doctor, Padma Shri Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal dedicated his life to the welfare of the public and raising health awareness,” the statement said.

He did his schooling in Delhi and completed his MBBS from Nagpur University.

Over the past year, he had been posting videos on the Covid and talking about various aspects of the disease and its management.

 

 

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