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John Bosco was born on 31 January 1949, and graduated MB BS at the University of New South Wales in 1970. Dr Bosco spent several years as a resident in internal medicine in Malaysian and Australian hospitals.
In 1980, he was appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine, University of Malaya and Consultant Haematologist at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Dr Bosco became a leading figure in haematology in Malaysia. He initiated the first bone marrow transplant programme in the country.
He was also involved in the continuing medical education, organised under the auspices of the College of Physicians of Malaysia and the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia. In 1992, he was appointed Professor of Medicine, Consultant Haematologist and Head of Department of Medicine, University of Malaya.
Dr Bosco became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1978. He was elected to the Fellowship (of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh) in 1996. Professor J.J. Bosco died on 25 April 1999.