Anam Najam

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.

Early life and education[]

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[]

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^[2] 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[]

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

References[]

Further reading[]

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