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Anam Najam

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Anam Najam
انعم نجم
Born
NationalityPakistani
Alma materAyub Medical College (MBBS)
OccupationPsychiatrist

Anam Najam (Urdu: انعم نجم) is a Pakistani medical doctor and psychiatrist. She is Pakistan's first and only quadriplegic psychiatrist.[1] She is a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship for higher studies in the United Kingdom.[2]

Early life and education

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Najam was born in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.[when?] She passed her intermediate from Shaheen Model College in Muzaffarabad and received a distinction in the AJK Board. After completing her MBBS from Ayub Medical College in Abbottabad, she pursued post-graduate studies in psychiatry from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Karachi. Until 2019, she worked as a psychiatrist at a Combined Military Hospital in Muzaffarabad,[1] following which she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship and left to pursue a Master of Science in War and Psychiatry at King's College London in the United Kingdom.

2008 attack and paralysis

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On 15 March 2008, while traveling from Rawalpindi to Muzaffarabad with her family, a group of armed robbers attacked and fired at Najam's car, following which a stray bullet penetrated her neck and led to a severe spinal cord injury that paralyzed her body from below the neck. In October 2010, Najam went to Cologne, Germany[3] for stem-cell therapy, which proved unsuccessful and ultimately led her to lose control over all four of her limbs, a condition known as quadriplegia.

Awards

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  • Empowered, Dignified and Prosperous Woman Achievement Award on Women's Day 2016[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "This Lady Became Pakistan's First Quadriplegic Physician After Suffering Near-Paralysis". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Covid-19 certificate condition irks UK students". 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Fighting depression and disability: This Muzaffarabad doctor's story is one of resilience - Pakistan". Dawn.Com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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