Interview with Dr. Nasir Jetha, President, British Columbia Medical Association

The doctors’ doctor who speaks eight languages

Dr. Nasir Jetha, the Vancouver pediatrician who leads the B.C. Medical Association, speaks eight languages. I wonder if his command of Swahili, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, Gujarati, Kutchi, Punjabi, and English will help him when it comes to communicating with government! Perhaps some of those languages have words and phrases which will help sway the negotiations going on right now between doctors and government over new fee structures, especially as the government has signalled a harder line against doctors. via Vancouver Sun Blogs.

Interview with Dr Nasir Jetha, BCMA President 2011–2012
Dr Nasir Jetha is a Vancouver pediatrician, award-winning teacher, and now President of the BCMA. But the road here has been anything but straight; living through two revolutions on four continents has only strengthened his resolve to help the less fortunate. BCMJ managing editor Jay Draper spoke with Dr Jetha in late July. Here is a condensed version of their conversation.

Can you tell me a little bit about your parents and about where you were born?

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