Dr. Noor Nagji of Toronto, Canada feels blessed, notwithstanding that she is probably the only woman in the world who, during her remarkable life journey has had to qualify as a medical doctor, not once or twice, but four times on three different continents!
But for Dr. Noor (as she is known to her patients) the most important accomplishment of her life is that she has fulfilled the commitments she made at her father’s funeral in Bombay in 1958!
She was fortunate to be born to a relatively wealthy oil mill owner and went to an English medium primary school. Her childhood memories are of a fun-filled home with plenty of brothers and sisters and being daddy’s “spoiled” child.
All that changed however, in 1958 when, after lunch, her father suddenly complained of chest pain. Noor was quickly sent to fetch the neighbourhood doctor, but because it was a Diwali holiday, he refused to come. When Noor pleaded with him, he angrily pushed her on to a cemented floor and she left, bruised and crying. By the time she got back home, her father had passed away of a heart attack. And soon thereafter, because the family lost their business to their partners, unfortunately Noor was thrown into a cycle of poverty…
Read more of Dr. Noor’s story at: Khoja Wiki
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Dr. Noor, your family history was very touching, and you are a very lucky to have your kids become Doctor’s too and proud mother.Thanks for sharing.
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Has been my doctor, and an awesome one for the past 25 years:):)
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