Nowshera se Amreeka k kamiab Tareen dil k doctor tak ka safr, APPNA k sabiq sadr Dr Arshad Rehan ki zindagi ki sabq amoz kahani

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نوشہرہ سے امریکہ کے کامیاب ترین دل کے ڈاکٹر تک کا سفر، APPNA کے سابق صدر ڈاکٹر ارشد ریحان کی زندگی کی سبق آموز کہانی #APPNA #Doctors #pakistan

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00:00Tell me, in which city were you born?

00:02I was born in Noshera.

00:03Were there other doctors in your family?

00:04Was your sister successful in becoming a doctor?

00:06My father was a doctor.

00:08My elder sister is a doctor.

00:10The other one is a dentist.

00:12Tell me, do you need intelligence for maths?

00:14Or do you need brains for biology?

00:16I did both.

00:18Did you learn how to cook?

00:20Or did you learn how to work?

00:22I had to learn that.

00:24How challenging are they?

00:25How do you contact them?

00:26How do you manage them?

00:28The founding block is the alumni.

00:30They say this platform should be kept non-political.

00:32Apna is a non-political organization.

00:34It has nothing to do with politics.

00:41Assalam-o-Alaikum viewers.

00:42The 100 successful doctors of Pakistan in America

00:44with a special series.

00:45Your host Mubeen Rashid is here once again.

00:47Today we are fortunate to have Dr. Arshad Rehan with us.

00:50He was the president of Apna recently.

00:52He was very successful in Dallas last year.

00:54He held his annual convention and did a lot of activities.

00:57Sir, thank you very much.

00:58We are very grateful to you.

00:59We try our best.

01:00Apna is an extraordinary organization.

01:02You were leading it.

01:03You are still very actively involved.

01:05We should highlight such organizations.

01:07In this regard, please tell us

01:09how much pressure did you face

01:11to become a doctor in Pakistan?

01:13Tell our viewers about your childhood.

01:16No, no.

01:17The pressure of the family was not to become a doctor.

01:20The pressure was from the mother

01:22that I have to study.

01:24How many siblings did you have?

01:26What did your father do?

01:28I had three brothers and three sisters.

01:30All the sisters were elder to me.

01:32My father was a doctor by profession.

01:36But he was also a politician.

01:39He was a social worker.

01:41Were there other doctors in your family?

01:43Did your siblings also become doctors?

01:45As I said, my father was a doctor.

01:48My elder sister is a doctor.

01:51My second sister is a dentist.

01:54And my third sister is a doctor.

01:56Tell us how you came up with the idea

01:58of studying biology or science.

02:00At what stage did you feel that

02:02you wanted to study medicine

02:04and you wanted to enter a medical college?

02:06It was a coincidence.

02:08I did not think much about it.

02:10I just went with a friend to college

02:12for admission.

02:14First, I took biology.

02:16After a month, I switched to maths.

02:20I switched to maths because

02:22I had more friends in that class.

02:24After a week, I switched to biology again.

02:28Wow!

02:30Now, you are in medical college.

02:32You have chosen MBBS.

02:34Did you have any other option?

02:36Or did your father say that

02:38you have good marks?

02:40You chose MBBS.

02:42You had two or three options.

02:44Let's go for this.

02:46I had good marks in FSC.

02:48I did not face any problem in admission.

02:50There were only two medical colleges

02:52in Frontier.

02:54Khyber and Ayub.

02:56Khyber was my first choice.

02:58My father was fond of King Edward's.

03:00He wanted me to go to King Edward's.

03:02But, I could not be considered

03:04for admission in King Edward's

03:06because my domicile was

03:08in Frontier.

03:10So, I went to Khyber.

03:12Which session was this

03:14of Khyber Medical?

03:16This was in 1994.

03:18I got admission in 1998.

03:20I graduated in 1994.

03:22How long did you stay in Pakistan

03:24and when did you leave for abroad?

03:26During my house job,

03:28I had planned to give

03:30an exam in America.

03:32But, I had to prepare

03:34for the exam.

03:36So, I went to Ireland.

03:38I spent a year there.

03:40I did my CP part 1.

03:42How was the experience

03:44in Dublin?

03:46I was not in Dublin.

03:48I was in a castle bar

03:50in the west of Ireland.

03:52So, I was there.

03:54In Ireland, I got

03:56a stepping stone.

03:58The difference between Pakistan and Ireland.

04:00So, you got the experience

04:02of living abroad.

04:04I liked it there.

04:06When I went to Ireland,

04:08I had passed my exam.

04:10I was not in the mood

04:12to come here.

04:14I was not in the mood

04:16to come to the US.

04:18A friend of mine

04:20asked me to go to America

04:22for an interview.

04:24So, I did the interview.

04:26I went back to Ireland.

04:28How did you remember

04:30America?

04:32My friend pushed me

04:34and we came to Detroit.

04:36Ireland was a small place

04:38with public transport.

04:40I was not shocked

04:42when I came to

04:44Detroit.

04:46Detroit was the

04:48headquarter of

04:50big three car companies.

04:52So, public transport was not

04:54available there.

04:56The house we rented in Ireland

04:58was furnished.

05:00Everything was there.

05:02The hospital gave us an apartment

05:04with only a carpet and a fridge.

05:06Everything else was empty.

05:08I was fed up.

05:10I was forced to

05:12go back to Ireland.

05:14Then I met

05:16a friend there.

05:18He told me that

05:20he met me on the way

05:22to Ireland.

05:24He gave me his phone number.

05:26He is still

05:28a friend of mine.

05:30He is a physiotherapist.

05:32Four or five guys used to live

05:34in the same apartment.

05:36He was very kind to me.

05:38He told me to come

05:40and live with him.

05:42He used to drop me at the hospital

05:44in the morning and pick me up

05:46in the evening and take me back.

05:48He was so busy

05:50that he used to come

05:52from one side for 40-45 minutes.

05:54I still tell him that I stayed in

05:56America because of you guys.

05:58When I was coming

06:00for the interview,

06:02he had his father's

06:04briefcase with him.

06:06I told him to take it back.

06:10I gave it back to him

06:12after 3-4 years.

06:14I told him to take it back.

06:16I still remember that.

06:18Tell us about your journey.

06:20Did you start your journey

06:22in America in 1997?

06:24I started my journey in America

06:26in 1998.

06:28First, I did a residency

06:30in a hospital in Detroit.

06:32It was St. John Hospital.

06:34I did a cardiology fellowship

06:36in that hospital.

06:38I did that for 3 years.

06:40After that, I did interventional

06:42cardiology training for 1 year.

06:44I completed all my training

06:46in 2005.

06:48In 2005,

06:50I started my practice.

06:52Did you get a passport

06:54in 2005?

06:56Did you have an easy access to

06:58move to America?

07:00No, I didn't get a passport in 2005.

07:02I was on a visa.

07:04When I completed my fellowship,

07:06I went to Pakistan.

07:08I got a visa there.

07:10I came back and

07:12started my practice.

07:14What did you do in 2015

07:16and what did you do in 2024?

07:18Did you work in the same hospital?

07:20No,

07:22I had a visa.

07:24I stayed in Detroit for 6 months.

07:28What was the stage

07:30where you felt

07:32you could contribute?

07:34I was introduced

07:36through my seniors.

07:38Dr. Amjad Hussain

07:40from Khyber Medical College.

07:42But,

07:44when I started

07:46my fellowship

07:48and entered

07:50professional life,

07:52I got introduced to myself.

07:54In 2007,

07:56my friends

07:58made me

08:00a Pakistani

08:02cardiologist of North America

08:04in 2005.

08:08We attended

08:10the first meeting

08:12in New Orleans.

08:14I started working with

08:16cardiologists.

08:18The organization

08:20of Khyber Medical College

08:22became non-functional.

08:24The organization

08:26of Khyber Medical College

08:28became non-functional.

08:30Dr. Amjad Hussain

08:32was my senior.

08:34We worked together

08:36and

08:38tried to

08:40make it work again.

08:42I was involved with cardiologists

08:44and with myself.

08:46How difficult is it

08:48to gather doctors

08:50from around the world?

08:52How challenging

08:54is it to

08:56contact them?

08:58I think

09:00we have

09:0216 alumni.

09:04We have

09:06more than 30.

09:08I have the exact number.

09:12You recently

09:14became the president

09:16of Khyber Medical College.

09:18You are the 4th one

09:20to represent Khyber Medical College.

09:22Did you try to

09:24do something different?

09:28Our vision was

09:30to change

09:32our identity.

09:34Our main work

09:36is to transfer

09:38the knowledge

09:40that we have.

09:42We collaborated with medical colleges

09:44and the government.

09:46We also

09:48decided

09:50last year

09:52to groom new leaders.

09:54We don't want to

09:56put one person in more than one committee.

09:58We have 4,000 members.

10:00We want to groom new leaders

10:02and give them opportunities.

10:04We also want to make

10:06new chairs

10:08instead of old ones.

10:10Is there anything

10:12we can do

10:14to contribute

10:16to our dream?

10:22I think

10:24what we should do

10:26and should have done

10:28when education policy

10:30changed in Pakistan

10:32is to build

10:34a state-of-the-art hospital

10:36in Pakistan

10:38with a medical school

10:40or medical college.

10:42I hope

10:44our new president

10:46will take this forward.

10:48I think it is very important

10:50that we do this.

10:52You talked about hospitals

10:54and colleges in Pakistan.

10:56Do you think

10:58that in the USA

11:00there should be a hospital

11:02or a college

11:04to facilitate new doctors

11:06and build a model project

11:08to expand it to 5-7 states?

11:10I heard that

11:12there was a discussion

11:14about this.

11:16When you build a hospital

11:18and start a residency

11:20you can't legally

11:22discriminate

11:24between people.

11:26We work on

11:28how to facilitate young residents.

11:30If you look at the

11:32numbers of the past

11:345 years,

11:36Pakistanis have a record

11:38number of residents.

11:40It is a big part of their hard work.

11:42But it is also a part of

11:44our own hard work.

11:46We tell them how to

11:48interview, how to make an application.

11:50This is not taught in Pakistan.

11:52When we talk about

11:54Pakistan's project,

11:56when you are in a hospital

11:58or medical college

12:00with American standards,

12:02when they come here,

12:04they will prefer it.

12:06When their teachers

12:08are trained,

12:10their letters will be more effective.

12:12Once the project starts,

12:14I expect it to go

12:16much further.

12:18As a doctor,

12:20you have a very good platform.

12:22But as a nursing paramedic,

12:24do you need to work on

12:26that as well?

12:28As far as nursing paramedics

12:30are concerned,

12:32there is a big need

12:34not only in America,

12:36but there is a big need

12:38in the Middle East as well.

12:40But how are you

12:42bringing your standards in Pakistan?

12:44The most important thing is

12:46that you teach them English.

12:48Without this, it is not possible.

12:50If they do not learn English,

12:52you teach them English.

12:54Secondly, there is a difference

12:56in the standards of nursing

12:58and doctors as well.

13:00But if you get a chance

13:02to go to the hospital

13:04there is a big gap

13:06in the standards of nursing.

13:08There is a need to fill that gap.

13:10You teach them English.

13:12Train them according to their standards.

13:14This was our special program.

13:16Inshallah, we will be back

13:18with another doctor.

13:20Watch our special series

13:22America and Pakistan's 100 Successful Doctors.

13:24Take care of yourself.

13:26Allah Hafiz.

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