First female Malay professor Fatimah Hamid Don passes away


KUALA LUMPUR: The country's first Malay female professor Puan Sri Dr Fatimah Hamid Don passed away on Wednesday (April 26) aged 89.

Her daughter Dr Fawziah Tan Sri Ishak said she died at 2.35 am while in the recovery phase after stroke problems for a year at KPJ Hospital Tawakal here.

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