K.T.Rabiullah

K.T.Rabiullah

- with Exceptional talents, Entrepreneurial skills & Excellent attitude

- by.Ramani.V.B & Nalina .S

“My father is the path finder for all my activities .The main focus been service to deserving and middle income group of people and continued efforts have made this Medical centre notable by the public.” says Ms.Naziha Mohammed Rabeeh, Vice Chairman of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group.

Millions of people have come from India to Gulf in the past to better the living standards of their families. Dr.K.T.Rabiullah, who came from Malappuram, Kerala to Saudi Arabia more than 30 years ago to join a construction company, was one of them. Like others, he too saw the construction workers toiling under difficult climatic conditions and leading a life-style on a low-salary that made even essential / emergency medical health care unaffordable and deterioration in health an expected consequence for them. But the strong empathy he felt for his fellow workers made him to set his life’s mission then and there itself – “To Provide quality medical treatment at affordable price to low and middle class people in Gulf”.

The concept of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Centre, which took roots in his mind among the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, has today spread its branches of shade to other Gulf Countries, bringing relief and cheers to the NRI workers. Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Centers in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh & Jeddah), Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait (Farwaniya & Fahaheel) have established sustained reputation for providing excellent health care treatment to all its patients.

The Shifa Al-Jazeera Group has successfully combined the therapeutic and diagnostic equipments are of the finest quality maintained by a group of qualified bio-medical engineers and companies in accordance with ISO standards, automated and service oriented pharmacy, committed and highly-qualified medical and nursing staff in various specialties, dynamic management, all united by a strong desire to serve the health needs of the community.

To be the vice-chairman for such a prestigious hospital group under the Chairmanship of Dr.K.T.Rabiullah, a person is required to have exceptional talents, entrepreneurial skills and excellent attitude. Ms. Naziha Mohammed Rabeeh, daughter of Dr.K.T.Rabiullah had all those and a lot more captivating qualities – inherited from him as well as those inspired by him. No wonder she has proved herself as an excellent and able administrator.

Ms.Naziha has a charming smile with pleasant demeanor and exudes confidence and capability. “Women normally take up job or business to earn income to support the family. But in my case, thanks to the grace of God and my father’s hard work, there was no financial pressure on me to take up work. However, having watched my father strive successfully to make his dream of providing affordable health service to NRI workers in Gulf become a concrete reality, I had a keen desire to join him in this noble venture driven by a social objective”.

While Ms.Naziha had studied in Coimbatore and had got her BBM degree in International Business as well as a diploma in multi-media, her father had more advice for her. “Business acumen requires one to have strong mental strength and maturity and an ability to read and understand other people’s mind for better inter-personal skills”. So, Ms.Naziha studied Psychology at University of Cambridge. She also participated in many personality development programmes winning accolades every time.

Ms.Naziha’s dad used to tell her “Have a smile and exhibit a pleasant looking face always which will help to create a good atmosphere and result the better among best. We should not expose our angry or problems to others.”

She worked in a private company in Dubai to experience the ground realities as a new entrant in a commercial organization before joining her father’s business at Shifa Al-Jazeera as vice-chairman. She was told by her father not to expect any special privilege in the company or develop an ego because of her executive position. There was no fear of that happening anyway. With people like her father Dr.K.T.Rabiullah and ex-president of India Dr.Kalam being her role model, Ms.Naziha likes simplicity and sincerity in all her actions.

When questioned about her assuming a challenging job position at such an young age, she says, “Neither my young age nor my lack of previous experience in medical field was a mental block for me; Thanks to my father, I have developed strong character and a willingness to face any situation with a cool head and an analytical mind as expected of a senior executive”.

Ms.Naziha always respects the workers and listens to the opinions of senior technicians with an open mind. “I make it a point to meet all their reasonable expectations and keep them happy”. Perhaps, that is the reason why patients at Shifa Al-Jazeera find every staff and employee of the hospital carrying out their duties and responsibilities with full zeal and enthusiasm.

She considers the annual check-up service offered by the company to all patients for early detection and treatment of disease to achieve a better success rate of cure as a key measure aimed to raise the level of health and fitness of the people. “Everyone should understand the benefits of health education and opt for preventive medicine to keep diseases away for leading a longer and healthier life.”

Ms.Naziha intends to complete MBA studies in Hospital health care. “It is not just for the degree certificate, but as a measure of my personal development and effectiveness in my career”. Her hobbies include reading biographies of great people and achievers and picking up their good qualities for emulation by her.

Like her father, she too has moulded her mind on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi’s sayings “One becomes great exactly in the degree in which one works for the welfare of one’s fellow men.” More than earning profits from Business, running it with an underlying service spirit and getting more like-minded people to join the company are the future plans she holds for the company. “After all, in Life, all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others, isn’t it?” quips the ever smiling, worthy daughter of the noble father.

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