Education is the key factor to women empowerment; Dr Syeda Amna Azim
Dr Amna Azim is the first Dental and MBBS graduate in Pakistan, working as a smile spreader across Ireland, exploring better opportunities to support the minor groups.
-By Dr Alizey Shahid
Following her post-graduate experience, she moved to the UK for further studies to enhance her skills and capabilities in the field of surgery. After working as an SHO in London Maxiofacial units, she planned to move to Ireland to further her career as Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon (FDS OMOS) in Ireland. She believed, “To progress within a speciality, a person must be dually qualified; hence, the second degree is essential.”
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Dr Maaz Seerat has been working in Ireland since 2015. Like many doctors, he has spent the past year on the Covid-19 frontline.
Despite his years of service as a geriatrician, he has now concluded that his career path has been blocked – and that a coveted consultant post will never be in the offing.
It is not for want of trying. As a senior registrar, Dr Seerat technically holds a rank just below that of consultant.
But to qualify for the training scheme that would make him eligible for consultant status, he has been told he must complete what s known as basic structural training.