Yahya Awang
Malaysian doctor
Tan Sri Yahya bin Awang (born 7 September 1950) is a heart and chest surgeon from Malaysia. He was born to Awang Hassan, who was the governor of Pulau Pinang from 1981 to 1989, and Khadijah Abdul Rahman, the sister of Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s 2nd Deputy Prime Minister.[1] Yahya performed two heart surgeries on Mahathir Mohamad: one in 1989 and another in 2007.[2]
References
change- ↑ "School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia|SEARCH 78|Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan |9 January 2007". Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ↑ MHTC (2019-03-25). "Dr Yahya Awang: The man behind the heartbeats of over 5,000 people, including Dr M". Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC).