Dr Zulekha Daud: UAE’s first woman doctor
Dr Zulekha Daud: UAE’s first woman doctor
Ishani Duttagupta | Mar 8, 2021, 09:25 IST p em Zulekha Daud received her medical degree in Nagpur and went to the Middle East in 1962. /em em /em b.Read More
Dr Zulekha Daud’s story is an incredible one of a young gynaecologist who went to the Middle East in 1962, after receiving her medical degree in Nagpur, to work at the Kuwaiti Mission Hospital, with her husband Dr Iqbal Daud, who had got a job there.
Two years on, she was invited to work in Sharjah and became the first woman doctor in the United Arab Emirates. Today, Mama Zulekha as she is known, having delivered over 10,000 babies, is the founder of a large hospital chain and recognised as one of UAE’s most powerful women entrepreneurs.