Dr Patrick Gurubatham: Difference between revisions

 

At 11 years old, Patrick joined the Malaysian National Squash team and won the National Under-13 championship whilst winning the South Asian Pacific Squash Championship in Australia a year later at 12 years old. After which he won the British Under-14 Open and won the World Junior Open 3 times becoming the first and youngest player to win the Junior Open 3 times.

 

After his SPM Exams, Patrick decided to take 2 years off to go Pro in Squash and played Pro during 1987-1989 making him the first Malaysian Squash player at the time to go pro. During this time, Patrick played world renowned players such as Jansher Khan in January 1987 in Karachi at the Asian Junior Team Event where Malaysia took overall second place while Pakistan took first place.

 

Patrick was invited by Havard to join their Harvard International Squash Exchange Program in June 1987 at which he was offered a scholarship to play for their team however Patrick suffered from a broken hand and was unable to accept the scholarship at the time.

 

Patrick eventually retired from squash due to a slip disc back injury and had to undergo 2 back surgeries.

 

Since young, Patrick always had the ambition to become a doctor which is why after 2 years of going pro he eventually retired from the sport. In 1992 Patrick went to Manipal Academy of Higher Education and started his medical journey to become a doctor of which he eventually graduated in 1997.

 

== '''Klinik Patrick's Medical''' ==