Philip @ Mohd Noor

Philip @ Mohd Noor

Philip was adopted from a Singapore orphanage at the time when Dr Che Lah was attending a refresher course at the old Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. Mak said Philip's father was Danish (orang Denmark) and his mother was Singaporean Chinese.

Mak helped to look after baby Philip at the Sungai Buloh Settlement for lepers. They all lived there throughout the Japanese war (1941-1945).

Philip grew up to become a handsome lad and we all called him Elvis (after Elvis Presley) as he would play the guitar and resembled Elvis Presley. Elvis in YouTube.

Philip @ Mohd Noor in early 1960s

We all waited for the Indian procession to pass along Glugor Road (now Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah), Penang. Philip is at extreme right. My mother is the one holding the little boy's hands.

Philip married a Terengganu beauty queen (Harissah) but they divorced without any children.

He remarried a lady in Shah Alam, but he died early without leaving any children.

One day Philip returned to Penang to see Dr Che Lah. He complained of light headache and was taken to GH Penang. He was diagnosed of brain tumour and was operated. He was looked after by Jalal and staff of GH Penang. He did not progress in the post-op period. Philip died from complications following surgical removal of a brain tumour. Philip died in the early 1970s.

Mak was terribly upset when Philip died as she loved him very much. Mak became very quiet after Philip's death.

I went back to GH Penang in 2012, and there were still people who remembered Philip. There was Encik Ismail Hashim who looked after Philip till he died. Encik Ismail's father knew Dr Che Lah. Encik Ismail recalled they were always together - Philip, Ismail and Jalaluddin (Jalal). Jalaluddin bin Ali Baba was Dr Che Lah's nephew.

http://theearlymalaydoctors.blogspot.com/2011/04/philip-mohd-noor.html

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