Career
During her long career, Dr. Kazi held several key positions in Medicine. Dr. Kazi was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak in February 2008 for her notable social work. During her lifetime, she also received several other distinctions and acknowledgements for her contributions, both medical and philanthropic, to society.
On February 21, 1952, Dr. Zohra Kazi is said to have organized emergency treatment for the wounded students of the Bengali Language Movement. During The Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, she sought out and provided medical attention to the wounded Freedom Fighters. Throughout her life, she took an active interest in the well being of all her patients and the children she delivered.
Dr. Zohra Kazi died on November 7, 2007 at the age of 95.
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