Wednesday 14 August 2013

Obituary: Dr Robert TJ Bates

B. Z. has left a new comment on the post "The Last Of The Great Doctors of Kota Bharu": 

Sad to inform that Dr. Bates has just passed away today. May he Rest in Peace. 


Steve has left a new comment on the post "The Last Of The Great Doctors of Kota Bharu": 

We are all sadden to say that Dr. Roberts Bates was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday 13 August 2013 at around 13 30 hours. Let's pray for his soul...SCRC.




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My notes:
Dr Bates was an Australian general practitioner (GP) in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. When we came to live in Pengkalan Chepa and bought food, especially bread from the Cold Storage in Kota Bharu, we would pass by 2 clinics - the Dispensary (later Merican Dispensary) and the Bates Dispensary. There was another clinic, Aziz Dispensary in the 1970s near the bus station and the first nasi briyani shop in Kota Bharu (Rahim Briyani?).