Anam Najam

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] She is awarded Chevening Scholarship for higher studies in UK.

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

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] In 2019, she was awarded Chevening Scholarship and currently she is studying Masters of Science in "War & Psychiatry" at King's College London.

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. "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.

Further reading

• Jadoon, Alveena. "Anam Became Disabled After She Was Shot In The Neck, Now She's Pakistan's First Quadriplegic Psychiatrist". Mangobaaz.