Anam Najam

Anam Najam
Residence Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
Nationality Pakistani
Education MBBS, MCPS
Alma mater Ayub Medical College, Abbotabad
Occupation Psychiatrist

Anam Najam (Urdu: انعم نجم‬‎) is a Pakistani medical doctor and psychiatrist from the Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. She is Pakistan's first and only quadriplegic psychiatrist.[1]

Early life and education

Dr Anam Najam was born to a Muslim Family in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. She passed her intermediate from Shaheen Model College, Muzaffarabad and got a distinction in AJK Board. After completing her MBBS from Ayub Medical College, Abbotabad, she did her Post-graduation in psychiatry from College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. Currently, she is working as a psychiatrist in Combined Military Hospital, Muzaffarabad.[1]

Incident

On March 15, 2008, Najam was traveling to Muzaffarabad from Rawalpindi with her family. During midnight, a group of armed robbers fired at their car to stop them and one of the bullets penetrated Dr. Anam’s neck which led to a spinal cord injury that paralyzed her full body from below the neck. She went to Cologne, Germany in October, 2010[2] for stem cell therapy but this treatment didn't give her any relief and incident left her near-paralyzed, affecting all the four limbs, a condition is known as quadriplegia.

Awards

  • Empowered, Dignified and Prosperous Woman Achievement Award on Women's Day 2016.

References

  1. 1 2 "This Lady Became Pakistan's First Quadriplegic Physician After Suffering Near-Paralysis". Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  2. ↑ "Fighting depression and disability: This Muzaffarabad doctor's story is one of resilience - Pakistan". Dawn.Com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
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