Tun Dr Mahathir’s wife, Dr Hasmah dies, aged 100

PETALING JAYA: The wife of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, has passed away at the age of 100.

Dr Hasmah was a physician, public health advocate and the mother of seven children.

She was born in Klang, Selangor in 1926.

Dr Hasmah dies

Born on July 12, 1926, in Klang, Selangor, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali became one of Malaysia’s earliest Malay women doctors and went on to have a long career in medicine, public health and social work.

She studied medicine at King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore and graduated in 1955.

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