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Dato’ Dr. Mahmood Osman Merican

Doktor Perubatan
Doctor of Medicine

ato’ Dr. Mahmood bin ato’ Dr. Mahmood bin

Ali Osman Merican telah Ali Osman Merican was
th
Ddilahirkan pada 6 Oktober Dborn on 6 October 1935
1935 di Kota Bharu, Kelantan. in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

Beliau merupakan anak bongsu daripada He is the youngest child of six siblings of
enam cahaya mata bagi pasangan Dr. Ali Dr. Ali Osman Merican and Che Pok Abdullah.
Osman Merican dan Che Pok Abdullah. During the Japanese Occupation, schooling was
Semasa zaman pendudukan Jepun di difficult. So together with his brothers he helped
Tanah Melayu, pendidikan merupakan to plant tapioca and vegetables and to herd cows.
sesuatu yang amat sukar diperolehi. At the end of the Japanese Occupation, prior to
Semasa kecil, beliau dan adik-beradiknya the return of the British, when he was 9 years old,
membantu keluarga dengan bercucuk his father passed away. He was brought up by
tanam dan menggembala lembu. Pada his mother, Che Pok Abdullah.
penghujung zaman pemerintahan Jepun,
iaitu ketika kebangkitan British, bapa Dato’ After the return of the British in 1945, at
Dr. Mahmood, Allahyarham Dr. Ali Osman 10 years old, he rushed through primary and
Merican telah meninggal dunia ketika beliau secondary education at the Ismail English School
berumur 9 tahun. Sejak itu beliau dibesarkan (now Sultan Ismail College) and within five years
oleh ibunya. he completed the Senior Cambridge Examination
in 1950 at the age of 15. He did well in school,
Pada tahun 1945, ketika berumur excelling in sports and studies and earned the
10 tahun, Dato’ Dr. Mahmood mendapat prestigious “The Perfect Boy Award”. Too young
pendidikan awal (Rendah dan Menengah) to to be allowed to enter the university at 15, he
di Ismail English School (Maktab Sultan
Ismail) dan telah lulus dalam ‘Senior
Cambridge Examination’ pada tahun 1950
ketika berumur 15 tahun. Pada usia yang
muda, beliau cemerlang dalam bidang sukan
serta akademik dan beliau telah menerima
anugerah berprestij “The Perfect Boy Award”.
Seterusnya, beliau meneruskan pelajaran

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