DR. SARA
KHURRAM
Dr
. Sar
a Khur
r
am, t
he co-
f
ounder
of Sehat Kahani
, s
i
nce a ver
y ear
l
y
age knew t
hat s
he woul
d become
a doct
or
. Af
t
er s
he compl
et
ed her
s
t
udi
es and had ear
ned her
Bachel
or of Medi
ci
ne and
Bachel
or of Sur
ger
y f
r
om Dow
Uni
ver
s
i
t
y of Heal
t
h Sci
ences
, s
he
s
t
ar
t
ed pr
act
i
s
i
ng as a r
es
i
dent i
n
r
adi
ol
ogy. She wor
ked f
or a f
ew
year
s af
t
er whi
ch s
he got mar
r
i
ed
and became pr
egnant - s
oon af
t
er
t
hi
s
, s
he was as
ked t
o r
es
i
gn. She
was t
ol
d t
hat t
he r
adi
at
i
on s
he
w or
ked ar
ound woul
d hur
t t
he
baby and t
he hos
pi
t
al di
d not
have a pr
ogr
am, whi
ch woul
d l
et a
pr
egnant woman r
et
ur
n t
o t
he
wor
kf
or
ce. Dur
i
ng pr
egnancy, Dr
.
Sar
a exper
i
enced pos
t
par
t
um
depr
es
s
i
on f
ol
l
owed by a
mi
s
car
r
i
age. Dur
i
ng t
hi
s dar
k
t
i
me, s
he ponder
ed over t
he l
ack
of medi
cal car
e avai
l
abl
e t
o ot
her
women i
n Paki
s
t
an and s
he
t
hought about ot
her women who
had ear
ned a medi
cal degr
ee, but
wer
e s
t
uck at home l
i
ke her
.
Thi
s i
s how her j
our
ney of
s
t
ar
t
i
ng Sehat Kahani began.
Today, Sehat Kahani i
s Paki
s
t
an’
s
l
ar
ges
t t
el
eheal
t
h company, wi
t
h
14 cent
er
s s
er
vi
ng mor
e t
han
40,
000 pat
i
ent
s
. Sar
a’
s pas
s
i
on t
o
bui
l
d t
he s
oci
al ent
er
pr
i
s
e — and
t
he s
ucces
s i
t has had s
o f
ar — has
not onl
y gi
ven her a new
conf
i
dence but al
s
o has hel
ped
her f
ami
l
y t
o open t
hei
r mi
nds
and r
et
hi
nk t
hei
r t
r
adi
t
i
ons
.
I
ni
t
i
al
l
y, t
hey wer
en’
t qui
t
e s
ur
e
what t
o make of Sar
a’
s dr
i
ve t
o
s
t
ar
t her own company.