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Cover Storyrelations with the doctors, their families andsenior staff. The Moopens have three daughters- Alisha, Ziham and Zeba. Alisha is a CharteredAccountant working in UK and her husband Dr.Shri Adoor Prakash Health and Coir Minister with Dr. Azad Moopen‘‘Hisdreamsare bigbut hemarks hisachievementsoneday at atime.In hisworldthere issimplicity,thereis humilityand thereis freedom.‘‘Navin Mather is an Interventional Cardiologistat NHS, UK. Ziham did her BusinessAdministration from the American Universityof Dubai. Her husband Anoop Moopen isa Post Graduate Engineer running his ownconstruction business in UAE. Zeba is doingher M.B.B.S at Manipal University in India. “Wehave given our girls the best education and thebest set of values. Thereon they are equippedto face the world with strength. Humility I feelis the biggest power anyone can possess.”PAYING FORWARDDr. Moopen has been in the forefront ofmany social and charity initiatives in Indiaand abroad. The group conducts regular freemedical camps for the labour communityacross the GCC.“From my understanding as a doctor whois from India, I have been able to identifythe areas where there is a void or a need formedical support for our community. Dialysiscentres and radiology units for oncologypatients are concerns that can deplete anindividual financially, yet these follow upsand treatments are essential for these healthproblems. We have thus set up a chain ofCommunity Dialysis Centres (CDC) in all 14districts of Kerala to provide free and subsidiseddialysis facilities to the underprivileged,” hesaid. “The first of the CDCs (at an investmentof INR 1 crore) is already functional at Vadakarain Kozhikode with 11 dialysis machines, asecond centre is at Nallalam near Calicut and athird at the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.”Under his leadership, MIMS CharitableTrust extends free and subsidised medicalcare of up to INR 50 lakh a year to the poor.The Trust set up a Rural Health Centre inVazhayoor, a backward Panchayat nearKozhikode in 2008 and adopted 7,000 BPLmembers for comprehensive free OP andIP care. The Trust also assists free paediatriccardiac surgery through a special `Save theLittle Heart’ programme.In the Middle East, particularly in the GCC,CHOOSING HIS PATHBeing the youngest child in a well todo business family was, as he sees it, aperfect formula for disaster. “I could haveconveniently slipped into an easy lifestyle.At home, money was not an issue neitherwas social status or recognition. I had it allwithout any effort. It was my inheritance.But instead of abusing it, I valued it andtook it to the next level. I took guidancefrom many things, but the best lessonswere those I gathered from my father’s(Ahmed Unni Moopen) narratives abouthis freedom struggle days and the role heplayed in the regional Congress Party. I sawhim as a fighter, someone who did whatwas right. I held a high place for him andhis thoughts. He always wished for one ofhis children to take up a professional lineof work. Since all my elder brothers hadalready taken to business, I took it uponmyself to fulfil his desire. I studied hard andbecame a doctor. Unfortunately, he passedaway before I even gave my Tenth boardexams. He did not see his dream fulfilled.My place in the field of medicine andhealth is my homage to my father’s wish.”Dr. Moopen is a gold medalist inMBBS and has an MD in General Medicinefrom the Government Medical College inKozhikode, Kerala. He also has a Diplomain Chest Disease from Delhi University.Soon after completing his studies, hejoined Calicut Government MedicalCollege and served as a lecturer. Thesewere also the days of his internship andinitial practice.16The International Indian