The doctor is still on call after 65 years


Datuk Seri Dr T. Devaraj said there is a need to help others with illness but he does not see the reason why it has to be charged./Picby CHAN BOON KAI/9 November 2017.

GEORGE TOWN: Datuk Seri Dr T. Devaraj (pic) can so easily spend his days snuggled comfortably in his recliner, looking back on his immense 65 years of contribution to the medical profession and society with a satisfied smile at a job truly well done.

Instead, the 93-year-old vice-chairman of the Penang Hospice Society still bustles about like a man on many missions.

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