Family physician Dr. Habiba Khanam is practicing family medicine at the Carlyle Primary Health Clinic.
Dr. Khanam, her husband and their three-year-old twin daughters welcome the opportunity to live in rural Saskatchewan. She says: “I grew up in a rural area and worked in rural Bangladesh. I love rural areas and that's why I am happy to practice family medicine here.”
Dr. Khanam has spent the last five years in Regina before coming to Carlyle. A graduate of Rangpur Medical College in Bangladesh, she has a keen interest in family medicine.
“ That's what I prefer,” she says. “In family medicine, there is more scope to know people. As a physician, you are often dealing not only with physical things, but also mental things. You see that someone is not only their disease and often, there are many ways to help people.”
“Patients look up to us to take decisions,” she adds. “I feel very honoured to practice family medicine.”
Dr Khanam says of living in Canada and Saskatchewan: “I feel very fortunate to live here. There is no discrimination and we have been made very welcome.”
“If I had one message to convey to people, it is that I am open-minded and I respect people. If we can stay above all of our differences we will be able to make a beautiful world.”
