LT GEN MAHMUD UL HASSAN HI (M) SBT, SI (M), TI (M) (1925 – 2019)

Abstract

He passed away on 26th January, 2019, after a brief illness. He was 93 years of age. Mahmud ul Hassan was an institution. He retired from Pakistan
Army in July 1988. He was a passionate surgeon, a brilliant teacher, mentor, orator, poet and prose writer. He had immense command over English
language. He had the rare combination of a surgeon‟s healing hand and a hand that also held the pen and wrote brilliantly capturing the flow of his poetic and scientific thoughts and ideas. He had deep empathy, humility and compassion for fellow beings.