College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

The idea of forming a society of radiologists and radiotherapists was first mooted by Allahyarham Dato’ Dr Hj Omar bin Din way back in 1971-2. However, this was met with poor response. It was not until 1976 that things got moving. (Then) Associate Professor Dr Joginder Singh in his capacity as the pro-tem secretary drafted the constitution for the society.

Proposed names for the society included ‘Malaysian Society of Radiologists’ and ‘Radiological Society of Malaysia’. Dr Hussain Abd Ghani was the pro-tem chairman. The inaugural General Meeting of the Society was held on Saturday, 27th November, 1976 at 4.30pm at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. A total of 13 radiologists and radiotherapists attended: Dr AH Ang, Dr NK Ghouse, Dr Hussain Abd Ghani, Dr Ismail Sa’ad, Dr Joginder Singh, Dr K Kulaveerasingam, Dr AK Mukherjee, Dr Narinder Singh, Dr K Ragupathy, Dr SK Dharmalingam, Dr Perdamen Singh, Dr V Mahadev and Dr K Narashima.