Tan Sri Dr Salma Ismail

I didn't have time to write about her 94th birthday which was yesterday. I didn't have time to go and buy a newspaper today. I searched the Internet but obtained nothing about her tonight except for an article that mentioned her at SAHC (Sultan Abdul Hamid College).

Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC):
http://www.thefullwiki.org/Kolej_Sultan_Abdul_Hamid

HAPPY 94th BIRTHDAY TAN SRI DR SALMA

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY

MAY YOUR LIFE BE BLESSED

5 early Malay doctors (1999)

Source:
Universiti Malaya. 1999. Profil Tokoh-tokoh Gemilang Universiti Malaya. Kuala Lumpur. ISSN 0126-7949 [USM call number M LG396 P964 1999]

This book contains the biographies of these early Malay doctors:

1. Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed - page 11
2. Abdul Majid Ismail - page 19
3. Salma Ismail - page 87
4. Siti Hasmah Hj. Mohd. Ali - page 91
5. Ungku Omar Ungku Ahmad - page 106

35. Dr Salma bte Ismail (1918-2014)

Dr Salma bte Ismail (1918-2014)
LMS 1947 KE VII

Date of birth: 19 December 1918
Place of birth: Kanchut, Alor Star, Kedah
Date of demise: 2014

Educated at Sekolah Perempuan Kampong Baharu (Kampong Baru Girls' School, KBGC), and then at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC) in March 1933.

Completed Junior Cambridge March 1933
Completed Senior Cambridge 1935

Studied medicine at the King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore 1936
Medical studies sponsored by the Kedah state government

Japanese war disrupted her medical studies in Singapore 1942
Returned to Kedah during the war

Medical school closed during the war 1939-1945
Trained during the war at General Hospital Alor Star

Resumed medical studies in the post-war 1946
Graduated with Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery (LMS Singapore) December 1947

The only female medical officer (MO) at General Hospital Alor Star 1947-1960
Attended obstetrics postgraduate course in Dublin, Ireland 1956

Transferred as medical officer in-charge (MO i/c) to Tanglin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur 1960-1967
Retired 6 years early in 1967

Practised privately at Klinik Salma, the first Malay general practice clinic set up in 1967
Fully retired from clinical practice 2005

Awards received:
Bintang Cemerlang Kedah 1959
Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Kedah (DPMK) 1995 --> title Dato'
Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) 1997 --> title Tan Sri
Certificate of Appreciation 2006

Married on 3 March 1950 to Datuk Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim
4 children - Tan Sri Dr Ridzwan Bakar, Mr Ezani, Dr Normi and Rosina
7 grandchildren

Source:
Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore (2012), Faridah Abdul Rashid. Published by Xlibris Australia. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. pp 755-763.

External links:
http://drkokogyi.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/i-have-worked-under-1st-malaysian-lady-doctor-tan-sri-dr-salma-ismail/

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/20/nation/2858741&sec=nation