Complex sentence: Sachithanandan was a founding member (1964) and distinguished past President of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists (MSA) (1968--69) and was amongst the first group of doctors to be admitted a Member of the Academy of Medicine, Malaysia (1969).
Split into simpler sentences: Sachithanandan was a founding member (1964) and distinguished past President of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists (MSA) (1968--69). He was one of the early Members of the Academy of Medicine, Malaysia (1969).