A FAMILY PHYSICIAN'S PLAN FOR A HEALTHIER MALAYSIA
Rising From Sporting Stardom To Your Community Doctor
Ten years ago, I was the second family physician to set up a clinic in Ara Damansara, Malaysia. Since then, I have treated the community's young and old, proudly serving as your trusted doctor.
As your family physician, I have watched your children grow and our community strengthen. Alongside, I always strive to bring you the highest level of care and to be the kind of doctor you would wish to have looking after you and your family.
My Klinik Patrick's Medical in Ara Damansara is there for you whenever you need medical care. But I want to do more for you than just be a good physician.
I want to foster a better medical profession, with physicians, GP's and doctors you can trust. I want you to feel quality care is available to you without long waiting times and other frustrations. I want a healthier Malaysia and believe that together we can achieve this.
I want to share my story with you, the story of how I became a doctor and why I believe in a better future for us all. Then I want to tell you about that bright future, which begins here and now with me , your humble family physician.
To achieve a prosperous and healthy future we need new pioneer to step forward.
Pioneers like me.
Doctor's Message
Medicine has been in my family for three generations. My grandfather was a hospital assistant and cafe owner in Kuala- Lumpur. While he wasn't a family physician, he did perform our family's most important action.
My grandfather delivered my father, Alex Gurubatham, himself. The family medicine link was clearly established from the very first moments of my father's life.
My grandfather, after a life of toil, encouraged my father to make the best of himself by succeeding through education. By becoming a physician my father certainly did that.
Rising out of poverty and the brutal trials of the middle of the last century, my father learned no less than four languages, achieved national records in his studies and eventually managed to become a physician after gaining prestigious medical qualifications from Singapore and Great Britain
"No other player has played more than twice in the World Junior Championships. So, Patrick will be creating a world record when he appears in his third"
Prasad Pillai, Malaysian National Squash Team Manager, 1988.
BECOMING A DOCTOR
I was offered places to become a family physician at schools of medicine in both Ireland and India.I chose Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India.(MAHE)
I believe a doctor's vocation should be built on humble beginnings, real-life and hard work, no glitz, glamour and ease. In India, I learned to become a physician among great poverty and all the health and social problems that emerge form that social dynamic.
The regular power cuts, 18-hour days, the long distances walking to medical school and the language barriers all helped me. They helped me to become stronger, more determined and more innovative as a doctor.
I learned to adapt, respond effectively and offer the high level of care I would want from my own physician, whatever the conditions.
After gaining my first class physician's degree in India, I jumped straight into the deep-end by spending many years in several major hospitals.
First I did 36 hour shifts as an on-call doctor at Malaysia's busiest hospital, Klang General Hospital. I also spent time in a rural setting, Kuching , Sarawak General Hospital, before three more years in the Emergency Department of Ipoh General Hospital.
In A&E, I learned a crucial skill, rarely seen in family physicians and GP's. I learned to diagnose quickly, confidently and accurately, in a highly pressured environment. These life-saving skills I still carry with me as your family physician just down the road and use every time I need to.
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