Obituary Tribute to the late Dr Abdelrahim Mahmoud Hassan A serious specialist with heartfelt human touches ( )

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1 Tribute to the late Dr Abdelrahim Mahmoud Hassan A serious specialist with heartfelt human touches ( ) The Sudanese Medical Association and Sudan Medical Journal mourned the untimely death of Dr Abdelrahim Mahmoud Hassan, who served diligently the medical profession almost all over the Sudanese regions. He was well known as a serious specialist with tremendous heartfelt human touches. He lived a colourful emotional and academic life within his nucleolus and extended families and also his close friends, colleagues and patients. Dr Abdelrahim is predeceased by his daughter Dr Dessislava, a gynaecologist who passed away in the year 2012 and his sisters Sakina, Amuna, Awatif and Alawia. He is survived by his loving wife Vania Traykova, a specialist of Otorhinolaryngology, his brothers Abdelkarim, Abdelfatah, Abdelmoneim, Abdelgadir and Abdelhalim, his sisters Afaf and Samira and his sons Tarik - an Architect engineer, Yassir - an Economist and Khalid Radio & Wireless Engineer. Dr Abdelrahim was born in Shendi - Nahr Elnil State in the year 1940, where he finished his primary education. He continued education in Khartoum under the patronage of his uncle Dr Abdelgadir Musha al. His education and career achievements were as follows: 66 He obtained his B.Sc. in Medicine and Surgery from the Academic College of Medicine (Sofia- Bulgaria). In 1966 he was among the first three graduates from Sudan and was immediately appointed as a medical doctor by the Sudanese Ministry of Health to work in Khartoum and Juba hospitals successively. In 1970 he returned to Sofia for medical specialization. In 1973 he was granted the title of a Specialist in Dermatology, Reproductive and VD diseases and Plastic surgery. He returned to Sudan and was honoured to open the new medical section in Atbara in line with his specialization. In 1982 he was elected as president of the Sudanese Doctors Union in the Northern Region. In 1985 he was appointed a consultant, then a Senior Consultant of Dermatology in Khartoum Hospital. He ended his official medical career after holding the position of Assistant Director of Khartoum Hospital, then as a Director until his retirement in the year During the nineties he was appointed Chairman of the Sudanese National Society for combating AIDS. May Almighty Allah enhance his family, recompense and be generous in their calamity and forgive the deceased and induce us all with recompense through patience. " ا ب هلل ا ب ا ١ ساعؼ " Inna lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raji un (Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return). Omer Ali Abdalla, Consultant Dermatologist, Venereologist & Andrologist

2 Tribute to the late Professor Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah Known as Prof Abu Salab 1/1/ /12/2014 The late Professor Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah (Abu Salab) was a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, with a Master Degree of Public Health from USA. He graduated in 1963 and specialized in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in 1971 at Khartoum Medical College and got his training in the UK for nine months. He worked as a medical officer in North and South Kordofan provinces and at Maridi Hospital, Equatoria. As a consultant of Obstetrics & Gynaecology his career achievements were as follows: In November 1971 He was the Director of Juba Regional Hospital until July During the period of he attended the MPH course at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health & Hygiene at Baltimore, MD, USA. On his return he preferred to work at El Obeid Hospital. In 1978 he attended a laparoscopy course at Johns Hopkins Hospital for three weeks. After his stationed at El Obeid, he was transferred to Omdurman as Director of Omdurman Maternity Hospital (OMH). In 1986 he was the director of the UNFPA/WHO Maternal & Child Health/ Family Planning Project at OMH. He did a number of WHO consultancies. He later became undersecretary of the Federal Health Ministry. Between he was president of the Sudanese Society of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and president of the Family Planning Association, an affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). On personal level, late Mohamed was a senior colleague, but he never made one feel so. His academic contributions included being a professor at (OIU). He was one of the founders of the (SPMC), 67 an active leading member of the Sudan Medical Council (SMC) and Sudan Doctors Union (SDU). He was a regular external examiner, to all medical schools and the SMC until he was unable to. He played a major role in promotion of midwifery services. Professor Abu Salab was a brother and a sincere friend of all. He did not differentiate between colleagues because of religion, sect or political affiliation, in-spite of being a committed Islamic leader. He had several nonmedical sincere friends, being merchants or mechanics. His friendship was genuine. He was faithful to his friends. He was rather shy, quiet, always smiling, but serious, precise and strict when necessary. Professor Abu Salab and I have lived in the same quarter at El Obeid. He was ahead of me by three years. His late younger brother, Abdullahi and two of his cousins were my classmates and close friends. I always enjoyed having a meal at his home; he was very generous. I tried to make him come over to Saudi Arabia but he declined the idea. Definitely, he brought up his sons and

3 Tribute to late Professor Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah Mohammed Baldo daughters very well and surely he left much at ease as regards his family s future. Professor Abu Salab faced death courageously and just a week before his death, he was smiling, chatting, and sometimes joking. I take this opportunity to extend my condolences to his wife, sons, daughters, brothers, son-in-law, grandchildren, colleagues, students and friends and to his extended family, particularly his notable cousin Uztaz Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed an ex-minister of Information and Culture and Ambassador (our history teacher in the secondary school in the late 1950 s). I take this opportunity also to thank Professor Mohamed El Makki Ahmed, Editor-in-Chief of Sudan Medical Journal, for his initiative to write about late Professor Abu Salab. Mohammed Hassan Baldo, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 68

4 Tribute to the late Mr. Zaki El Din Ahmed Hussein Founder and first President of SSG ( ) Mr Zaki El Din Ahmed was born in Abuharaz near Alobeid, Sudan on November 15, His education and achievements were as follows: Studied initially at local kuttab, then middle school in Alobeid-Alameereyah and high school at Hantoub-Medani. In 1951 he joined the University of Khartoum and studied Medicine where he achieved several academic prizes in Physiology, Pathology and Surgery. In 1957 he won the Lord Kitchener prize for overall academic achievements award. He was appointed as house officer in Khartoum Teaching Hospital until 1959 and was posted to Kaboita as a medical officer but was recalled 3 months later to sit for the primary exam for the Fellowship of the of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in Khartoum in early 1960 (the first time this exam was held there). After passing the exam he was dispatched to the UK for training and was successful in his first attempt that gained him the FRCS (Edinburgh) in December He returned to the Khartoum University in 1963 where he studied the advanced gastrointestinal disease. In 1967 he returned back to the UK to get further training in gastrointestinal disease for two years. In 1973 he left the University and worked for the Ministry of Health and was also appointed the head of the newly established Department of Gastrointestinal Disease department. In 1975 he established a comprehensive Gastrointestinal Endoscopy unit in Khartoum North Teaching Hospital (KNTH) and later of the same year he travelled to Japan to further develop his endoscopy skills. On his return in early 1986 he started to place a plan for national GI centre which culminated in Ibn Sina Hospital, with the great assistance of the Japanese. In 1990 he took voluntary retirement from the Ministry of Health. In 1993 he rejoined the University as Professor of Surgery where he continued teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students for 14 years further. 69

5 Tribute to the late Mr Zaki El Din Ahmed Ahmed Zaki & Suliman Fedail Mr. Zaki passed away peacefully at his home early on Friday 12 December Mr. Zaki s narration of Ibn Sina Hospital the establishment of GI centre In May 1975 I went to Japan on a scholarship offered by the Japan International Cooperation establish a special centre dedicated to the study and management of gastrointestinal disease. The second was that I needed somehow to obtain the support of Japan for this project. I was back in the Sudan I kept pondering on how to establish the GI centre. The Ministry of Health was receptive but had no significant fund. However, they made a very important commitment; they agree to have this centre built on the ground where Ibn Sina now stands. It is remarkable that this area had been designated for a hospital when Ammarat was first planned in The Ministry of Health held on to this piece of land for twenty years as an open space inspite of several attempts from other government agencies to acquire it for other purposes. Now armed with the promise of this prime piece of real estate I felt I had a huge bargaining chip. Soon I had the chance to play my strong hand. I was visited by a very active endoscopy department with one of the directors of Esai Pharmaceutical Company. Esai was also very influential in Japan. I knew this particular director Mr Mucai with his previous visits to Sudan. He seemed impressed by the work we were doing and this encouraged me to tell him about my idea for the GI centre and my hope that Japan would be interested to help. I was happily surprised when he became really excited about the project. He advised me that the best way to enlist Japanese help was to involve the University of Okayama in Japan and he went on to say that the way to involve Okayama was to write to them inviting them for sisterly cooperation with my department in KNTH. 70 Seeing my apparent surprise he asked me to write a letter to the Dean of the Medical School of Okayama University inviting him to accept this scientific union. He said he would take the letter himself and deliver it to the dean. He went on to explain that Okayama University was the main advisor to the Japanese government in its international medical aid. I was very excited and duly wrote the letter and gave it to Mr Mucai. To my great happiness two months later the Dean of Okayama University came to Sudan. I was contacted by the Japanese Embassy of his visit. He came and visited us in Khartoum North and made a programme for him to meet the Dean of our Medical School and Vice Chancellor of the University. I explained to him my ambition of building a GI unit and showed him the area in Ammarat where it will be built. A few days later he went back apparently very supportive of the idea. I continued my contact with Mr. Mucai in his visits to Khartoum which happened regularly and he became very much dedicated to the project. He arranged for the Sudanese Ambassador in Japan to visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo to discuss the proposed GI centre in Khartoum. On my advice our Minister of Health also visited the Japanese Ambassador in Khartoum and told him that the project would be of great help to the Sudanese people. By 1981 I had the first feeling of a positive response from Japan. A group of three Japanese officials came to Khartoum. One from JICA, one from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and one from the Ministry of Health. I was asked to come and meet them at the Japanese Embassy in Khartoum. We had a cordial meeting but it was difficult to tell what conclusion they came to. However, a few months later, yet another group came and they looked more senior. We had a meeting with them at the Japanese Embassy and this was a lengthy meeting. They offered that they would be prepared to

6 Tribute to the late Mr Zaki El Din Ahmed Ahmed Zaki & Suliman Fedail recommend a small medical centre but not a hospital. I became very angry and said that I wanted a hospital and that I shall somehow wall, the inside roads and the garden. This turned out to be more hard work than we bargained for. Step one was to write the Ministry of Health and get their approval. Step two was to get the approval of the Ministry of Planning. Step three was to the approval of the Ministry of Health specifying the money necessary and step four you had to contact the Ministry of Finance to obtain the necessary funds. These steps were to be repeated for the perimeter wall the roads and adjourned the meeting and suggested that we meet the following day. The next day we had a short meeting and asked us to take them to visit the various medical facilities in Khartoum. So for the following four days we toured all the main hospitals in the three towns, Khartoum Hospital, Omdurman Hospital, Khartoum North Hospital, Soba Hospital and Ibrahim Malik Hospital. In each hospital we spent hours visiting wards, operating theatres, kitchens and bathrooms. They were taking notes and photographs and at the end of their visits I thought they had a bad impression. The night before they left I invited them to a big dinner party at my house in their honour. To impress them as much as possible I invited the Minister of Finance, Sayed Ibrahim Moniem, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and the Managing Director of Kenana Sugar Company and several other dignitaries and doctors. I thought they were very impressed. When we said farewell I had a feeling that their body language was very positive and encouraging. Things then moved very fast and in a forward direction. In December 1982 I was invited to go to Tokyo and supervise the bidding for the contract to build the hospital. I was supported by a Japanese architectural firm appointed by the Japanese government. Seven firms produced bids and eventually Konike Company won the contract to build and equip 71 the garden. The perimeter wall was the most demanding because I had to spend hours touring the three towns for a big building surrounded by such a wall. One afternoon I passed by the Parliament building and was immediately impressed by its perimeter wall. The next day we sat with the architect and spent hours sketching and drawing until we came up with the present wall which I believe to be quite acceptable. with or without their help build it. They were not prepared for my outburst of temper and the hospital. On Christmas day of December 25,1982 at the offices of the Sudanese Embassy in Tokyo I signed the contract with the company. By mid March 1983 Konike started digging the foundation. They promised that in two years time they will finish. True to their word the building was completed in May 1985 and all furnishings and equipments were in place. I was then faced with the fulfillment of the Sudanese commitment, building the perimeter wall, the inside roads and the garden. This turned out to be more hard work than we bargained for. Step one was to write the Ministry of Health and get their approval. Step two was to get the approval of the Ministry of Planning. Step three was to the approval of the Ministry of Health specifying the money necessary and step four you had to contact the Ministry of Finance to obtain the necessary funds. These steps were to be repeated for the perimeter wall the roads and the garden. The perimeter wall was the most demanding because I had to spend hours touring the three towns for a big building surrounded by such a wall. One afternoon I passed by the Parliament building and was immediately impressed by its perimeter wall. The next day we sat with the architect and spent hours sketching and drawing until we came up with the present wall which I believe to be quite acceptable.

7 Tribute to the late Mr Zaki El Din Ahmed Ahmed Zaki & Suliman Fedail I was fortunate that in dealing with the Ministries of Health, Planning and Finance I was dealing with people of my generation, people I met at Hantoub or the University and in various aspects of public life. I don t remember having any difficulty in meeting any ministers or senior civil servant, or difficulty in obtaining approval for funds. However,building by nature is a slow process and it was not until the end of 1985 that Ibn Sina reached the shape it is now in. While I was dealing with the physical construction I was also developing my ideas about the staffing and administrative sides. I am pleased to say that I introduced for the first time the following concepts: i. Nursing to be limited to the graduates of the Khartoum Nursing College ii. iii. Food catering was to be on the basis of cooked individual meals designed and supervised by hospital dieticians Cleaning the building should be by private contractors To achieve this and do it well I needed financial and administrative independence. Luckily the Minister of Health happened to be a surgeon, Mr. Suleiman Abu Saleh. It was tough to convince him but he agreed that Ibn Sina, although part of the Ministry of Health, it should have a separate entity status. This meant that we discussed our budget independently with the Ministry of Finance and on a separate day. It also meant that we shall have full control of whatever income we obtained from the public and any donations we receive. We deposited such money in the name of the hospital in a private bank. I was able to hand pick certain individuals to some key positions. When the negotiations were almost concluded the Ministry of Health came with the idea to expand the original project. They rightly thought as the Japanese warmed to the project it would be wise to include Urology and Otorhinolaryngology (ENT). The Japanese accepted this addition without any discussion. They coined the name Khartoum Training Hospital for the project but when the building was almost ready they asked me to give the hospital a permanent name. My first thoughts were to pick a name of Sudanese association, however, I could not find such a name. Somehow the name Ibn Sina caught my imagination. It was a lucky coincidence that at the time UNICEF was celebrating the 1000 anniversary of Ibn Sina. I still feel that after many years that Ibn Sina was a good choice Although the building was equipped and largely staffed I resisted the idea to have its opening ceremony until we actually started working for a few weeks. So the opening ceremony took place on 20 th of April 1986 as President Sawar Aldahab officially declared it open. غزؾف اث ع ١ ب لقخ أ ؾؤ غزؾف اث ع ١ ب وب ذ ألشة ا ا خ ١ بي ا ؼ ا ا ز رغججذ ف ر ه أرذ ف لذ لق ١ ش غج ١ ب. ثؾى أ آخش وب ػاللخ ث ز ا ؼ ا فز اعذد ف ا ض ا بعت ف ا ىب ا بعت. دسعذ ف ذسعخ ؽ ز ة ا ضب ٠ خ و ذ اثشص صالصخ هالة ف ا ذفؼخ ػ ه اي فزشر بن ثذأد ؾ اس ا طت غ أ سغجز وب ذ ف غبالد أخش. ؽذصذ رغ ١ شاد وج ١ شح ؽ ١ زان ف و ١ خ ا طت ثغب ؼخ غشد أل ي شح عذ هبل ؾبمش ٠ ثش ٠ طب ١١ ثذ ا وب ذ ع ١ غ األلغب م ػ ١ ذ ا غشاؽخ ثش فغ س ع ١ ب ر ١ س بئت سئ ١ ظ و ١ خ ا غشاؽخ ا ى ١ خ ثب غ زشا عبثمب. اعزفذد غؾذ وطب ت ػ ذ وغشاػ م ١ رؾذ ثش فغ س ر ١ س ا ز عذد رذس ٠ ت ا غشاؽخ ف ا غ دا غزخذ ب ف ر ثى ١ خ ا غشاؽخ ا ى ١ خ أع رؤع ١ ظ شوض ا زؾب بد غضء األ ي ا ض ب خ ف ا خشه. ألعجبة غ ١ ش ؼش فخ ر اخز ١ بس غ ط زا اال زؾب ف ٠ ب ٠ ش 1960 صالصخ أؽ ش ثؼذ أ أو ذ لز وغشاػ م ١ غؾذ. ػ ذ و غغ جش فغ س ر ١ س ألوضش ػب ص عبفشد ا ا ىخ ا زؾذح ض ٠ ذ ا زذس ٠ ت لج اال زؾب األخ ١ ش. رؼ ذ ؾبمشا ا ش اد ف هت ا غ بص ا ن األ ش ا ز سغج ف ر ه ا غبي.

8 Tribute to the late Mr Zaki El Din Ahmed Ahmed Zaki & Suliman Fedail اؽشان عب ؼخ أ وب ٠ ب ب أم هش ٠ ك زؤو ١ ذ ا ذػ ا ١ بثب. لبي أ أساع ػ ١ ذ و ١ خ ا طت ثب غب ؼخ أ أدػ زؼب األخ غ ا مغ ا ز أد ٠ ش ف غزؾف ثؾش ا زؼ ١ ر ػذ ثزغ ١ ا خطبة ؽخق ١ ب ا ا ؼ ١ ذ. ؽشػ ا غ ١ ذ وب أ عب ؼخ ا وب ٠ ب ب رم ثبالعزؾبساد ا شئ ١ غ ١ خ ؾى خ ا ١ بثب ١ خ ف أ س ا ذػ ا طج ا ؼب. أعؼذ األ ش وض ١ شا وزجذ ا غ اة ؼط ١ ب ا ٠ ب غ ١ ذ وب. ثؼذ ؽ ش ٠ لب ػ ١ ذ عب ؼخ ا و ٠ ب ب ثض ٠ بسح غ دا ثب زؾذ ٠ ذ ا غزؾف ف ثؾش مؾذ ه ؽ أل ؾؤ ؽذح ا غ بص ا ن أ م ظشح ػ ا ىب ا خق ج بئ ف ا ؼ بساد. ػبد ا ثالد ٠ جذ زؾ غب عذا ؾش ع. اف ذ االرقبي غ ا غ ١ ذ وب ا ز صاس ا غ دا ثب زظب لب ثزشر ١ ت مبث خ عف ١ ش ا غ دا ف ا ١ بثب ث غئ ف صاسح ا ؾئ ا خبسع ١ خ ثط و ١ بلؾخ ا شوض ا ض غ ف ا خشه. ثؼذ الزشاػ لب ص ٠ ش ا قؾخ ف ا غ دا ث مبث خ ا غف ١ ش ا ١ بثب خجش أ ا ؾش ع ع ١ ى غبػذح وج ١ شح ؾؼت ا غ دا. ف 1981 ظ ش أ ي سد ا ٠ غبث ا غ طبد ا ١ بثب ١ خ ػ ذ ب لبث ذ ض وب خ ا زؼب ا ؼب ١ خ ا ١ بثب ١ خ صاسح ا ؾئ ا خبسع ١ خ صاسح ا قؾخ ف ا غفبسح ا ١ بثب ١ خ. وب االعز بع د ى أعزطغ ؼشفخ اال طجبع ذ ٠ ف ا ب ٠ خ. شد ؽ س ل ١ خ دػ ١ ذ ا ا غفبسح غذدا العز بع أ عغ غ غ ػخ ٠ بثب ١ خ أخش ثذد سع ١ خ أوضش لب ا أ غزؼذ ج بء شوض هج فغ ١ ش ١ ظ غزؾف. أصبس ر ه غنج ل ذ أ أس ٠ ذ غزؾف ع ف ٠ ز األ ش ث غبػذر أ ثذ ب. ٠ ز لؼ ا ا فؼب ر ه ثؼذ ف ذ لب ا أ ع ف أو لبدسا ػ أداسح ا غزؾف ثق سح ع ١ ذح ارا ث. غ دسعخ ا غنت رار ب ل ذ أ عؤد ٠ ش ثؾى ع ١ ذ. ف األ ٠ ب ا زب ١ خ صاسد ز ا غ ػخ ثقؾجز ا غزؾف ١ بد ا شئ ١ غ ١ خ ف ا ؼبف خ أخز ا الؽظبد ثب ىزبثخ ا ق س ػ أع ؾخ ا ض ٠ بسح غشف ا ؼ ١ بد ا طبثخ ا شاؽ ١ ل ظ ذ أ اال طجبع ذ ٠ وب ع ١ ئ. ا ١ خ لج عفش دػ ر ز ب ي ا ؼؾبء ف ض ل ذ ثذػ ح ص ٠ ش ا ب ١ خ اثشا ١ ؼ ق س و ١ صاسح ا قؾخ ا ذ ٠ ش ا ؼب ؾشوخ عىش و ب ب ػذح غئ ١ أهجبء ر ١ ذ أ ٠ بي ر ه اػغبث. ػ ذ عفش ؽؼشد أ لف رغب وب ا ٠ غبث. رؾشوذ األ س ثغشػخ ف د ٠ غ جش 1982 دػ ١ ذ ا ه و ١ ألؽشاف ػ ر م ا ؼطبءاد ؼمذ ث بء ا غزؾف. ر ا زمذ ٠ لج عجغ ؽشوبد اخز ١ شد ؽشوخ و ٠ ى ج بء اػذاد ا غزؾف. ف 25 د ٠ غ جش 1982 ف ىبرت ا غفبسح ا غ دا ١ خ ثط و ١ لؼذ ػ ا ؼمذ غ ا ؾشوخ. ف زقف بسط 1983 ؽفشد و ١ ى األعبط ػذ ا او بي ا ج بء ف ػب ١ ف ب ٠ 1985 وب ذ ا غزؾف عب ضح ثغ ١ غ األعبط ا ؼذاد. ثؼذ أ ذ ا ض ب خ ا ى ١ خ ا ى ١ خ ػذد ا ا خشه ال ن ب ا لغ ا غشاؽخ ف ا غب ؼخ ػمت ػب ١ عبفشد شح أخش ا ا ىخ ا زؾذح زذس ٠ ت ا ىضف ف هت ا غ بص ا ن. ىضذ ػب ١ ف اد جش ف 1967 ػذد ا ا خشه عؼ ١ ذ ف رط ٠ ش رؼ ١ هت ا غ بص ا ن ف ا غ دا ى اع ذ ؼنالد بد ٠ خ ػق ١ جخ ؼذ أ ؾؤ لغ ئ. عذد رؼ ١ وجبؽش ف أوز ثش 1970 ػ ذ غزؾف ذ غىظ ف ذ ذح ػب. ػ ذ ب سعؼذ ا ا غ دا شح أخش ف أوز ثش 1971 وب ذ ا جالد رؾذ ؽى ١ ش ا ؼغىش. ثغجت ا زنخ ا ؼب غ ا غب ؼخ ؼ ا خبؿ رشوز ب ػ نل ر ظفذ ف صاسح ا قؾخ. ػ ١ ذ ف غزؾف ثؾش ا زؼ ١ أمطذػ ف ١ ب ثؼذ أ وب ر ه ف فب ؾ ار ا صاسح ذ ٠ ب ألغب رخق فشػ أفجؾذ سئ ١ ظ لغ هت ا غ بص ا ن ا ؾذ ٠ ش ا ؼ ذ ب ؾب ا غئ ١ خ ا ؾش ٠ خ زط ٠ ش ر ه ا خذ خ. أ ٠ ذد لج صاسح ا قؾخ الخزبس عشاؽ ١ زذس ٠ ت أ ٠ نب ألػذاد ؽذح ر ظ ١ ش. أ ي عشاػ اخز ١ ش وب ا شاؽ أؽ ذ غ ١ ت. ف ثذا ٠ خ ػب 1975 رؾق ذ ػ ظبس ٠ ظبس ل ع ١ غ ا اص ر رؤع ١ ظ أ ي ؽذح ر ظ ١ ش ؽب خ ف ا غ دا. ر جذ ا ا ١ بثب ف ب ٠ 1975 ث ؾخ وب خ ا زؼب ا ذ ا ١ بثب ١ خ ذح ؽ ش ٠ رن ذ ا ذ سح رذس ٠ ت ىضف ثب ؾبمشاد ع غبد ا ز ظ ١ ش ا ؾ سح ا ؼالع ١ خ أل شاك ا غ بص ا ن. وب زا ا لذ ؼؾب أ مؼ ػب ال األ ي أ بن اؽز ١ بط زؤع ١ ظ شوض خق ذساعخ ؼب غخ أ شاك ا غ بص ا ن ف ا غ دا ا ضب أ دػ ا ١ بثب زا ا ؾش ع وب الص ب. ػ ذ ب و ذ ف ا غ دا فىشد وض ١ شا ف و ١ ف ١ خ أ ؾؤ شوض ا غ بص ا ن أثذد صاسح ا قؾخ لج ب ى ر ه ا بي ذػ ا ؾش ع. ثب شغ ر ه رؼ ذ ا ثؾ ء مش س ث افمز أ ٠ ز ث بء ا شوض ػ األسك ا ز ر عذ ف ١ ب اث ع ١ ب ا ١. ا ذ ؼ أ ز األسك خققذ ج بء غزؾف ػ ذ ب ر ا زخط ١ و طمخ ا ؼ بساد ف ظ ذ األسك ف ؽ صح صاسح ا قؾخ ؼؾش ػب ثذ أ ػ شا غ ؾب الد ػذ ٠ ذح لج وبالد ؽى ١ خ أخش ألخز األسك أع أغشام. غ ا ػذ ا صاسح ؽ ي لطؼخ األسك أفجؼ ذ اغشاء ل غ ت دػ ا ١ بثب ١١. اعزمج ذ ف لغ ا ز ظ ١ ش ا ز فبس وض ١ ش ا ؾبه ا فؼب ١ خ أؽذ ذساء ؽشوخ ا ٠ غب ا ق ١ ذ ١ خ ا ز رز زغ ث ف ر وج ١ شح ف ا ١ بثب. رؼشفذ ػ زا ا ذ ٠ ش ا غ ١ ذ وب ف ص ٠ بسر ا غبثمخ غ دا. ثب اػغبث ثب ؼ ا ز م ث ؽغؼ ر ه أل أخجش ث شوض ا غ بص ا ن أ ثؤ ا ١ بثب لذ رشغت ف رمذ ٠ ا غبػذح. وب ذ فبعؤح عبسح ػ ذ ب رؾ ظ عذا ؾش ع قؾ ثؤ 7371

9 ؽب ا لذ غ إ ١ ا غ دا ١١ ػ اإل ٠ فبء ثب زضا ف االرفبق ث بء عذاس ؾ ١ و ا طشق ا ذاخ ١ خ ا ؾذ ٠ مخ. زا األ ش اؽزبط ا ع ذ وج ١ ش. ا خط ح األ اعز ض ذ خبهجخ صاسح ا قؾخ افمز ا خط ح ا ضب ١ خ رط جذ افمخ صاسح ا زخط ١ و.ا ضب ضخ رؼ مذ ث صاسح ا قؾخ شح أخش زؾذ ٠ ذ ا زىب ١ ف ا ب ١ خ ا شاثؼخ رن ذ االرقبي ث صاسح ا ب ١ خ العزال ا ج غ. ا خط اد ا زو سح أرجؼذ غذاس ا طشق ا ؾذ ٠ مخ. األ ش ا ز اعزغشق ا لذ األه ي ا غذاس أل ن ١ ذ عبػبد وض ١ شح ؽ ي ا خشه أ ظش ا جب وج ١ شح ؾبهخ ثغذاس ز بعت ف ٠ شسد ثب جش ب أػغجذ جبؽشرب ثؾبئو ا ج. ا ١ ا زب ع غذ غ ا ذط ا ؼ بس ىض ب عبػبد ف ا شع بد ؽز ف ب ا ا غذاس ا ز ٠ عذ ؽب ١ ب الئ ف سأ ٠. ر فمذ غ صاساد ا قؾخ ا زخط ١ و ا ب ١ خ ار أ األؽخبؿ ا ز ٠ رؼب ذ ؼ ع ١ لبث ز غجمب ف ؽ ز ة أ ا غب ؼخ أ ف الف خز فخ ف ا ؾ ١ بح ا ؼب خ ال أروش أ ؾبو ف مبث خ ص ٠ ش أ غئ ي ؽى أ غ ت أ اي ج بء. ى ا ج بء ػب زب ٠ ؤخز ا ىض ١ ش ا لذ ف ذ غزؾف اث ع ١ ب ا ؽى ب ا ؾب ث ب ٠ خ خالي اإل ؾبء مؼذ أفىبس خطو إلداسح ا غزؾف ا ز ظ ١ ف عؼذد أ أدخ ذ ا فب ١ ا غذ ٠ ذح ا زب ١ خ: i. ؽقش ا ز ش ٠ ل ػ خشع و ١ خ ا خشه ز ش ٠ ل.ii ٠ ز هجخ ا عجبد ػ األعبط ا فشد ثزق ١ اؽشاف اخزقبف ١ ا زغز ٠ خ ثب غزؾف.iii ظبفخ ا ج رى لج مب ي خبؿ زؾم ١ ك ر ه اؽزغذ ا ا ؾش ٠ خ ا ب ١ خ اإلداس ٠ خ اع ذ ثؼل ا قؼ ثخ إلل بع ص ٠ ش ا قؾخ ا غشاػ ع ١ ب أث فب ؼ ى ب ارفم ب أ اث ع ١ ب ثب شغ أ ب عضء صاسح ا قؾخ ع ١ ى ب مغ و ١ ب فق ا ز ٠ ؼ أ ١ ضا ١ ز ب ر بلؼ ثؾى غزم غ صاسح ا ب ١ خ ف ٠ خق ز ه. ارفم ب أ األ اي ا ز رىغت رى رؾذ ع ١ طشح ا غزؾف رنغ ف ث ه خبؿ رؾذ أع ا غزؾف اخزشد أؽخبؿ ؼ ١ ١ بفت خ. ػ ذ ب لشثذ ا فب مبد ا ب ٠ ز ب أسادد صاسح ا قؾخ ر ع ١ غ ا ؾش ع ؾ عشاؽخ ا غب ه ا ج ١ خ هت األ ف األر ا ؾ غشح. وب ر ه ؽى ١ ب أل ا ١ بثب ١ لج ا اإلمبفخ غ ١ ش بلؾخ أه م ا اع غزؾف ا خشه ا زؼ ١ ػ ا ؾش ع. الزشثذ ا غزؾف ا اإلو بي عؤ ا ١ بثب ١ أ أػط ١ ب اع بئ. أ ال فىشد ف اع ع ؼ ١ خ ع دا ١ خ ى أعذ ب ٠ بعت ص دخ اع اث ع ١ ب ف ر ا ز سث ب مبػف عذاسح االع أ ظ خ ا ١ ١ غ ١ ف اؽزف ذ ف ر ه ا لذ ثب زوش األ ف أل ١ ش األهجبء. ظ ذ أ ثؼذ و ز ا غ ١ اث ع ١ ب اع بعت. وب ذ ا غزؾف غ ضح ا ؽذ وج ١ ش ثب ؼذاد ا ظف ١ ى أخشد ؽف االفززبػ ؽز شد أعبث ١ غ ل ١ خ ا ؼ. ل ب ثب ؾف 20 ٠ اثش ٠ 1986 افززؼ ا شئ ١ ظ ع اس ا ز ت غزؾف اث ع ١ ب. His son, AhmedZaki El DinAhmed Orthopedic Surgeon I came to know Mr. Zaki El Din Ahmed when I returned from UK in At that time he was the founder and first President of the Sudanese Society of Gastroenterology (SSG). I remember when he welcomed me very warmly and introduced me to the members during its meeting at that time which was held at the Hilton hotel. He unassumingly pays the bill of every monthly meeting from his own money. I found him like a father figure, likeable, relatively informal never pompous. He was a very good chairman as he listens, questions and reasons in good spirit and with sense of humor. He introduced the SSG to the international and regional gastroenterology associations. He was a founding member of the PanArab Association of Gastroenterology. When he took over the project of Ibn Sina Hospital and became its first director in 1986 he invited me to join him and that started our long relationship and friendship. We worked as team of surgeons and physicians, with combined rounds and clinical meetings. That was something unique and new which surprised a lot of visitors from Japan and Europe. His door was always open to the staff and he was always ready with advise, encouragement and help. He acts for the interest of all and not some functions. He was a liberal minded doctor and an excellent surgeon. He was keen in training junior doctors. He was very popular among nursing and medical staff and very much liked by the patients who found him very caring, sensitive and understanding. His home was open to us with his wife Dr. Sitana Hassan Ishag hosting countless dinners and working lunches for the members of the SSG and to any visiting gastroenterologist. He was a courageous and a man of principles, when the new government took over in 1989 they tried to impose staff and people of dubious standards in the staff of Ibn Sina Hospital. He protested and later wrote his resignation in a very eloquent manner: 74 71

10 Tribute to the late Mr Zaki El Din Ahmed Ahmed Zaki & Suliman Fedail اخ ا ص ٠ ش... ا اؽك اال ب بد ؽ ال ف رمذ ٠ ش ا ب خ ا ؼ ا طج ػ ب ا غشاؽ ثقف خبف ب ف ا غشاؽ رفبػ ػن جبؽش ث ١ ا طج ١ ت ش ٠ ن. لذ اوش هللا ثب ػ ذ ف ١ ذا ا غشاؽخ صالص ١ ػب ب ١ ف ؼب غب ؼ ب ذسثب. اخ ا ص ٠ ش... ا اثشص ع بد األعش ا طج ١ ب ٠ ز زغ ث افشاد ب ا ز ادد األؽزشا ا زجبدي ا ز ٠ ز ثق سح ر مبئ ١ خ د ب س ٠ بء ا لقذ ق ؾخ لذ ؽجب ع اعبرزر ا غ ١ ذ ص ش انصحخ انشعب خ ا خز بع خ انسالو عه كى سح خ هللا ثشكبر ثسى هللا انشح انشح ى انخشط و ف 17 اكز ثش / 1990 لبل رعبن : " ا ب عشظ ب االيب عه انس اد األسض اندجبل فبث ا ح ه ب اشفم ب ي ب ح ه ب اال سب ا كب يظه يب خ ال" صذق هللا اعظ ى. ص الئ اث بئ األهجبء ثبوضش ب اعزؾك ا زغ ا ؾت عضا هللا ػ خ ١ ش ا غضاء. مذ ؽب ذ لذس ا غزطبع ا او ف ١ ب ز وش ٠ ب فذ لب ض الئ فب افجذ جؼل ا ز ف ١ ك ف ا ؾ ذ ا لقشد فبسع ا ٠ ى اعش غز ذ. األ اعذ فغ الفب ػ ذ فزشق هش ٠ م ١, ٠ ط ث ا زب ألخز ١ بس ا ٠ ب لذ ؽنش ا ب الف لف زا ث ١ ذ ا جؾزش ف ع ١ ١ ز ا ؾ سح: ارا يب خف ذ ك ذ حش ب ا اس غ ش يصجح ح ث ايس ال ي ل زا اسع اػزجبس ف اعبصر ا بئ ١ خ ز ا ١ األسثؼبء ا غبثغ ػؾش اوز ثش 1990 ؽغت ب رغ ؼ ث ؽش ه ا ؼبػ أ خز ١ بس. نكى افش ان د انشكش,,,,,,,,,,, ا خبؿ صاك انذ اح ذ حس During his retirement he continued to support the SSG and its activities, he retained his brilliant intellectual gifts to the end. His final years were clouded with a serious illness which he bore with great courage, dignity and patience. He is survived by his wife Dr. Sitana Hassan Ishag, a public health expert, his three sons, Hassan an Engineer, Ahmed an Orthopedic surgeon and Omer a Journalist. Suliman S Fedail, MD FRCP MWGO Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist Chairman of Fedail Hospital Khartoum, Sudan 71 75