bdnews24.com :
Recitation artist and freedom Fighter Kazi Arif has been declared clinically dead. The declaration was made around 11 pm local
time on Friday at the New York hospital where he was receiving care, his family confirmed.
Arif, who had been sick for some time, was admitted to Mt Sinai St Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan after his heart valves stopped working.
He underwent a bypass surgery and a replacement of the heart valves on Tuesday, after which he was transferred to the intensive monitoring centre. His condition deteriorated after that.
Around 1 am New York time, his daughter Anushka said doctors had declared Arif clinically dead. His life support would be cut off the following morning, she added, and preparations would be made to bring his body back to Bangladesh.
On April 21 the recitation artist had told bdnews24.com of his illness in a short message –: “I am now under the care of the hospital. I will undergo open heart surgery on the twenty-fifth. They will repair or replace the mitral valve and conduct a bypass.
This is the second round of treatment. The name of the hospital is Mount Sinai St Luke’s.” Kazi Arif, who is 64, was born on Oct 31, 1952 in Faridpur’s Rajbari and grew up in Chittagong. He is a cultural figure, recitation artist, writer and freedom Fighter. He fought under the command of Sector Commander Maj Rafiq in 1971. After the war he began studying at BUET and continued his work in the fields of literature, arts and culture and became one of the most renowned recitation artists in the country.
Recitation artist and freedom Fighter Kazi Arif has been declared clinically dead. The declaration was made around 11 pm local
time on Friday at the New York hospital where he was receiving care, his family confirmed.
Arif, who had been sick for some time, was admitted to Mt Sinai St Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan after his heart valves stopped working.
He underwent a bypass surgery and a replacement of the heart valves on Tuesday, after which he was transferred to the intensive monitoring centre. His condition deteriorated after that.
Around 1 am New York time, his daughter Anushka said doctors had declared Arif clinically dead. His life support would be cut off the following morning, she added, and preparations would be made to bring his body back to Bangladesh.
On April 21 the recitation artist had told bdnews24.com of his illness in a short message –: “I am now under the care of the hospital. I will undergo open heart surgery on the twenty-fifth. They will repair or replace the mitral valve and conduct a bypass.
This is the second round of treatment. The name of the hospital is Mount Sinai St Luke’s.” Kazi Arif, who is 64, was born on Oct 31, 1952 in Faridpur’s Rajbari and grew up in Chittagong. He is a cultural figure, recitation artist, writer and freedom Fighter. He fought under the command of Sector Commander Maj Rafiq in 1971. After the war he began studying at BUET and continued his work in the fields of literature, arts and culture and became one of the most renowned recitation artists in the country.
