Rajnee Khadun has bagged Women Leadership Award In Healthcare

Rajnee Khadun has bagged Women Leadership Award In Healthcare

• January 29, 2022

I am Dr Rajnee Khadun and I would like to thank Women Icon Awards, Times Women and the World Women Council for giving me the “Women Leadership Award in Healthcare ''. I feel very privileged to be given this award and I feel this award made my work and devotion to my work be recognised internationally. I am from Mauritius. Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean and it is a multicultural country where we speak English, French and our native language Creole.

I have wanted to be a doctor since I was 5 years old. I got my inspiration through my parents, Mr Raj Kapoor and Mrs Pramila Khadun. My parents are now retired Educators. Throughout my childhood, my parents installed values in me and guided me to become who I am today. My parents always taught me to help people as much as I can and serve people and my country with honesty, devotion and humbleness. My parents also taught me to respect everyone’s belief and cultures and always try to understand each person’s problems before helping them, so I feel this has played a big role in my devotion to my work and in helping people as much as I can.

I have been working for the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Mauritius for some 17 years now. I graduated from People’s Friendship University of Russia in 2004. I came back to my country and did a one year internship then started working as a Medical officer. I was awarded a scholarship by the Chinese Government in 2009 and I graduated with a Masters in Gynaecology and Obstetrics in 2012 from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. I came back to my country and since then I worked as a Gynaecologist (on a temporary basis) and for a few years now, I am working as a Senior Medical Officer. During my career, I have worked in different departments in the 4 major government hospitals of Mauritius. 

During my postings as a General Practitioner, I participated in School Health Programs, Screening of non-communicable diseases, did Baby Clinic, Antenatal Clinic, Family planning Clinic and also covered Dispensaries and Area Health Centres. I also participated in screening of Breast Cancer and did Pap’s Smear clinics to detect cervical cancer.

During all my postings in different departments, I managed patients in the Accident and Emergency Unit. All the patients were followed by me in wards and then later in the out-patient department. I also trained intern doctors, junior doctors, student nurses and nurses and encouraged everyone to work as a team. I always emphasised in counselling patients and their relatives and explaining the prognosis of health of the patient to the relatives in simple medical terms. I always felt it a privilege to work with medical staff and take care of patients of different ethnical and religious backgrounds.

During my posting in the Emergency and Accident department as a casualty officer, I managed cases of poisoning, Myocardial Infarction, Supra Ventricular Tachycardia, Congestive Cardiac Failure, Left Ventricular Failure, stabbed wounds, acute abdomen, Perforated Duodenal Ulcer, acute exacerbation of Bronchial Asthma, handled aggressive psychiatric patients/ prisoners brought by police, resuscitated patients till the ICU team came, cases of sexual assault. I also managed patients with Chikungunya, Dengue and since November 2019 till now, patients with Covid.

During my posting in Gynaecology and Obstetrics as a General practitioner, I did some 2000 deliveries (simple and complicated). 

During my posting as a Specialist in Gynaecology and Obstetrics I assisted deliveries and intervened in complicated ones. I did Ante-natal clinics in the hospitals and dispensaries and Gynaecological clinics in the hospitals and after proper screening and ultrasounds, patients were put on elective Caesarean Section list and Gynaecological surgery list from the respective clinics. On on-call days I managed patients in the labour ward, saw admissions in the Gynaecology ward and did emergency Caesarean Sections; Emergency Evacuation of Product of Conception; Emergency laparotomy for ectopic pregnancies, twisted ovarian cysts. In the Gynaecology surgery list: laparotomy, Diagnostic Curettage, Total Abdominal Hysterectomy were done. I also assisted my Consultant and General Surgeons in complicated surgeries, laparoscopy surgeries, vaginal hysterectomies. All patients (admissions, pre-op, post-op, complicated antenatal and postnatal) were followed by me in wards and afterwards in the OPDs. I always made sure the consent form for surgeries was filled properly and that patients and relatives were explained in detail what surgery was being done and its risks and prognosis. During the Covid pandemic, I took care of patients with gynaecological issues in Covid wards and I also did deliveries and caesarean sections of patients who had Covid or recovered from Covid.