Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2018 | Page 49

Innovate & Inspire | T he economic transformation of Qatar in recent years is predominantly seen through an infrastructure-focused lens. While cranes and newly-built skyscrapers dot the landscape of Doha and dominate media conversation, the day-to-day, human impact of such transformation is equally important. Diversification of opportunities has empowered men and women to pursue emerging and rigorous career paths in finance, healthcare and sciences. delivers comprehensive specialist healthcare services such as cardiology, neurology, urology, and plastic and craniofacial reconstruction for children. Additionally, it offers maternity, gynecology, and feto-maternal services for women. Chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and established by Qatar Foundation (QF), Sidra Medicine embraces best practice medical education, innovative biomedical and clinical research, and patient and family-focused care. A female doctor in Qatar, an exemplar of the nation’s investment in human capital, now finds herself at the forefront of the latest revolution in medicine: robotic healthcare. Dr Aisha Yousuf works at Sidra Medicine, a private hospital for public benefit that provides specialised healthcare for women, children and young people. It | Dr Aisha Yousuf 49