Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah
Born 21 april 1963 is a malaysian civil servant and endocrine surgeon who has served as the director general of health since march 2013.
Datuk dr noor hisham abdullah. He rose to prominence when he led malaysia to battle in the covid 19 pandemic. Putrajaya health director general tan sri dr noor hisham abdullah has said that there is no issue of him being afraid of death while carrying out his duties in breaking the covid 19 infection chain in the country. Noor hisham bin abdullah né yew ming seong.
Tan sri dr noor hisham abdullah is a senior consultant surgeon in breast and endocrine surgery putrajaya hospital and the current director general of health malaysia since march 2013. Health director general datuk dr noor hisham abdullah revealed that medicine was not his first choice. Datuk dr noor hisham abdullah is the director general of health.
Prior to that he was the deputy director general of health medical between january 2008 and february 2013. Health director general dr noor hisham abdullah. In an interview with the new straits times nst he said he had initially wanted to be a mufti or an officer with religious authorities.
File picture by shafwan zaidon. Malaysia s fight against the covid 19 pandemic has got everybody paying attention to one particular person. People everywhere have been praising him and the ministry of health for their effort in fighting the novel coronavirus.
Kuala lumpur august 2 now the nation s leading voice on health and combatting covid 19 health director general datuk dr noor hisham abdullah has revealed that medicine was not his first choice. The latest tweets from dghisham. Kuala lumpur nov 11 health director general tan sri dr noor hisham abdullah said today that death is inevitable in response to bintulu mp datuk seri tiong king sing s accusation of the.
His daily live update on the covid 19 situation in malaysia is quickly becoming the most watched programme in the country. Responding to an allegation by a lawmaker who questioned why he did not go down to the ground in sabah to see for himself the covid 19 situation there dr noor hisham said he had.