Healthcare Heroes
Healthcare Hero - Dr Shaolin Merchant
30 June 2020
As medical officer at Kankaria Urban Health Centre in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Dr Shaolin Merchant tests and traces Covid-19 patients and, based on the results, quarantines them and their contacts as needed.
Healthcare Hero - Naseem Aziz Ali
29 June 2020
Naseem Aziz Ali works on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic in Dubai by caring for potentially infected patients in her roles as a diabetic case manager nurse and clinic manager.
Healthcare Hero - Shabana Kapadia
22 June 2020
Shabana Kapadia is a clinical project leader for virtual health programmes at Fraser Health Authority in Vancouver, Canada. As part of the Covid-19 pandemic response, she is leading a clinical project for mobile home health monitoring in an effort to prevent congestion in local hospitals.
Healthcare Hero - Zaibunissa Karim
8 June 2020
Based in Karachi, Pakistan, Zaibunissa Karim has been working in a high-pressure role as assistant head nurse of the post-anesthesia recovery unit at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH).
Healthcare Hero - Dr Broimsho Mahmadshoev
5 June 2020
Dr Broimsho Mahmadshoev, born in the family of a farmer in the Shughnan district in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, was one of 10 children in his family. As a child, he dreamt of becoming a doctor, inspired by the care and support that doctors provide to vulnerable people.
Healthcare Hero - Zeineen Momin
4 June 2020
Houston’s Zeineen Momin has turned the research laboratory where she works into a testing facility for the Covid-19 virus during the worldwide pandemic.
Healthcare Hero - Dr Manzura Davlatbekova
4 June 2020
Dr Manzura Davlatbekova was born in Khorog and grew up in the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Dr Davlatbekova’s parents were teachers but she dreamed of a profession as a medical doctor. Since she was in school, her passion was to help and cure those who were sick.
Healthcare Hero - Shazia Meraj Ali Karera
3 June 2020
Shazia Meraj Ali Karera works as a clinical charge nurse in critical care areas. In the current Covid-19 crisis, she has been on the frontlines at Kanad Hospital in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Healthcare Hero - Haizia Wazir
2 June 2020
Haizia Wazir grew up in Ali Abad village, which is in the Brep District of Upper Chitral, Pakistan. In 2010, she graduated from the Aga Khan High School in her district with the ambition of traveling to Peshawar to further her studies.
Healthcare Hero - Dr Naseema Merchant
25 May 2020
Dr Naseema Merchant is a pulmonologist, hospitalist, and intensivist. She is also an assistant professor of medicine at Yale University and serves as a director for various programs at the Yale School of Medicine. She grew up in Karachi, where she went to Darkhana Jamatkhana. She has been in Connecticut for over 20 years now and attends Westport Jamatkhana.
Healthcare Hero - Drs Aziz and Safia Pirani
21 May 2020
Hailing from neighbouring countries – Dr Aziz Pirani in Indore, India, and Dr Safia Pirani in Karachi, Pakistan – the Piranis were destined for careers in medicine.
Healthcare Hero - Riaz Hudda
21 May 2020
Riaz Hudda, who has been a paramedic with the British Columbia Ambulance Service since 2005, says all of his work has become slower and more cautious during the Covid-19 pandemic.
