The story of Dr Jemilah Mahmood (now a Tan Sri), once the president of Mercy has recognized the influential imprints of alma maters significance in her life. She closed a chapter of her humanitarian career with Mercy and will be starting another on foreign soil impacting more lives all over the world with UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund as a Humanitation Response Branch chief.
The infamous story of Dr Jemilah in Iraq in 2003 has touched many hearts : On a relief mission, two of her team lost their lives and Dr Jemilah was out there with a bullet imbedded in her hip and was brought to the hospital. Still, this angel of mercy gave up her painkillers for the lady having a baby in the next room and delivered the baby herself.
Her words that I always matched with Dato' Adnan's (UNISEL's ex-VC) quote on 'be different, make the difference' were :
"Whether it is in the field of sciences of technology, the arts of humanity, in business or engineering, it is up to you to leave your footprint, something that says you were here and that you've made a difference".Masya Allah.
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