A tribute to my father, Datuk Dr Manickavasagar Balasegaram


The world revered Datuk Dr Manickavasagar Balasegaram for his dedication to medicine, but to his daughter he was most of all a remarkable and principled man.

SOME may say only fate decides when we go, but for M. Balasegaram, a pioneer and father of liver surgery, he fought fate all the way. He determined his life at every step, never giving up on a goal, no matter how outlandish. His final goal was to live till 85 years, which went against all odds with his diagnosis at 57 of kidney failure. Yet on April 15 this year, he turned 85. Three weeks later, he passed away peacefully.

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