Who is Saqib Shahab?
Who is Saqib Shahab?
Like his famous knit sweaters, Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer doesn’t wear out easily. Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab stands in the the T. C. Douglas building in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 2, 2020.
Who is Dr Shahab Al-Shahab?
Prior to joining the Ministry of Health, Dr. Shahab has worked as a regional Medical Health Officer, as well as internationally as an internist, faculty at a school of public health, and public health expert with multilateral health and donor agencies.
What was Shahab doing before he came to Saskatchewan?
Before Shahab came to Saskatchewan, he was working with a German aid organization to build a school of public health in Pakistan. Remembering those years, from 1995 to 2001, fill Shahab with thankfulness mixed with pangs of regret.
Why did Dr Shahab leave Yorkton?
Shahab left that role in 2001. The Germans were packing up, and Shahab’s family was growing. He chose Saskatchewan, first working in Yorkton and becoming deputy chief medical health officer in 2009. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
