APRIL, 2018 | The HEALTH
INTERESTING FACTS
Eight out of 11 siblings are
doctors
• Dato‘ Dr Lim Boon Sho
• Dr Lim Boon Sin
• Dr Lim Boon Ben
• Dr Lim Boon Seng
• Dr Lim Boon Hock
• Dr Lim Boon Han
• Dr Lim Boon Kiong
• Dr Lim Boon Aik
Businessman
• Lim Boon Tai
Presgrave & Matthews
senior partner and Litigation
Department head
• Karin Lim Ai Ching
– 32 grandchildren are doctors
while six of them is on the verge
of becoming a doctor
– Among 46 doctors, 25 are
specialist all across Malaysia
– The eldest sister, Lim Ai Hwa,
76 years old (although not a
doctor) produced five children
whom are doctors.
– Planning on opening a Lim
family hospital.
to set a good example for the rest
of my siblings.”
“After completing my second-
ary school, I was inspired to study
medicine in India.
“I had known this one doctor
by the name of G.L Guni. It was
his wife who inspired me to go to
India to study.”
“I was fortunate to receive the
exclusive
Lee Foundation Scholarship and later
another scholarship from Adventist
Hospital Penang when I was accepted
to a medical school.
“But our family started to struggle
financially when the second and third
brother enrolled,” said Boon Sho.
Call it luck or God’s plan, Boon Sho
met a good friend —who came from a
rich family—and eased his financial
burdens.
“He told us to study hard and pay
him back once we returned home and
become doctors. He trusted us.”
“We managed to return all the money
that he gave us previously. We managed
to fulfill the promise.”
“We also received support from our
close relatives and from Lim’s