Shahla Khatun | |
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শাহলা খাতুন | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sylhet, Bangladesh |
Parents |
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Relatives |
AM Abdul Muhith (brother) AK Abdul Momen (brother) Abdul Hamid (granduncle) |
Education | Dhaka Medical College [1] |
Shahla Khatun FCPS FRCOG ( Bengali: শাহলা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi physician and National Professor. [2]
Khatun was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet. Her father, Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz, a lawyer by profession, was one of the founders of the Sylhet branch of the All-India Muslim League and took part in the Pakistan Movement. [3] Her mother, Syeda Shahar Banu, was one of the leading women of the Bengali language movement. She has thirteen siblings including AM Abdul Muhith, a former Finance Minister of Bangladesh, and AK Abdul Momen, the country's incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs. [4] [5]
Khatun is a gynecologist. She has served IPGMR, currently Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University as a professor and head of department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She also serves at Green Life Hospital as a Gynecologist and Obstetrician. [6] She was inducted as a National Professor by the government of Bangladesh in 2011. [7] She also taught at the Bangladesh Medical College. [1]