27 August, 1955 – 9 October, 2019
After a long and courageous battle against her disease Prof. Najma Amjad breathed her last on 9th October 2019 at Liaquat National Hospital Karachi. She had been diagnosed as suffering from fourth stage cancer in 2015 and was told by her oncologist that she had only one year to live. Treatment started, but she refused to give up and continued her anesthesia practice, performed Umra, then Hajj and even went to Karbala and Najaf (Iraq) for ziarat.
She did her last anesthesia case on Sunday the 25th August, 2019 at NMC.
Dr. Najma was an excellent teacher, an examiner at CPSP and a brilliant anesthesiologist.
She graduated from Sind Medical College in 1980, did her MCPS anesthesia in 1983 and FCPS (Anesthesiology) in 1991. She worked as RMO Anesthesia in NICVD from 1983 – 84, passed Federal Public Service Exam and joined JPMC as RMO Anesthesia. In 1991, she was promoted to assistant professor of anesthesia after passing her FCPS.
She joined NICVD in 2001 as associated professor in anesthesia and become HoD in 2007, and was promoted to professor of anesthesia in 2009 till her retirement in August, 2015.
Dr. Najma served as part time faculty of AKUH from 1992 till 2018. She was awarded life time achievement award by PSA in 2017. She had been instrumental in developing pediatric cardiac surgery and anesthesia at NICVD and with her hard work and efforts 12 bedded pediatric cardiac surgical ICU was inaugurated in 2013. She was very kind hearted and sympathetic to her juniors. May God rest her soul in eternal peace and give strength to family to bear this loss. Ameen!
Prof. Amin M. Khuwaja
Head of the Department Anaesthesia & ICU
NICVD, Karachi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35975/apic.v23i4.1182
Dr. Najma with Minister Health Government of Sindh & Executive Director NICVD Prof. Khan Shah Zaman on the occasion of inauguration of Pediatric Cardiac ICU, NICVD.
Receiving PSA Karachi life time Achievement Award, 2017