Dr Patrick Gurubatham
Personal Life
Patrick Timothy Gurubatham (born: January 10,1970 [age 54] is a Malaysian Medical Doctor and Ex National Squash Player who is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is a retired squash player and practices medicine full time in his personal Clinic in Ara Damansara named Klinik Patrick's Medical Ara Damansara. He is married to Dr Munjula Nulliah and has two children; Nikhael Neil and Tristan Kyle.
Squash Career
Patrick started playing squash at a young age of 7 years old as himself and his parents were members of the Royal Lake Club. Squash was introduced to him by his parents however due to his age, he was unable to carry and play with a squash racquet because of its weight. Patrick used a badminton racquet and a ping pong ball instead fo build his strength and build his squash movements. At a young age of 9-10 years old he then started challenging and beating adult members of the Royal Lake Club and used to choose his opponents based on their ranking in Club Squash Competitions. His journey began from Club Tournaments to State Competitions to National Championships.
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.
Medical Career
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
in 2005, Patrick opened his own medical practice, Klinik Patrick's Medical Ara Damansara alongside his wife Dr Munjula Nulliah. Patrick aims to provide a next generation standard of medical healthcare and wises to focus on quality instead of profit-driven motives.
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