Icons of Influence Dr Zulekha Daud Founder and Chairperson, Zulekha Healthcare Group Dr Zulekha Daud founded the Zulekha Healthcare Group, which includes two multidisciplinary hospitals in Dubai and Sharjah, four UAE medical centres, and three pharmacies. She moved to the UAE in 1964, becoming the first female Indian doctor to practise in the country. In the mid-1960s, she treated the UAE’s Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The group’s facilities treat over 550,000 people annually, making it one of the largest private healthcare providers in the UAE. In 2020, Zulekha Hospital was re-accredited by the Joint Commission International. Dr Daud has delivered over 10,000 babies over her 56-year career and serves as the chairperson of the group, which also includes a hospital in her hometown of Nagpur, India. You might also like Sunil John Dr. Thumbay Moideen Vidya Chhabria Mohan Valrani K. Rajaram Dr. Adnan Chilwan Sanjiv Kakkar Ram Kumar Thota Raghu Malhotra Sunil Kaushal Atif Rahman Amit Jain Rishi Kapoor Vasu Shroff Anil Pillai Bal Krishen Rohit and Sharad Bachani Raju Ramesh and Sunil Paul Ayesha Depala John Paul Joy Alukkas Geet Bhalla and Digvijay Pratap Snehal and Sunita Hadani Nisha Jagtiani Kunal Kapoor Dino Varkey Ashish Panjabi Joy Alukkas Yogesh Mehta Yusuff Ali M.A. Ravi Pillai Micky Jagtiani Sunny Varkey Sunil Vaswani Shamsheer Vayalil Firoz Merchant Rajen Kilachand Azad Moopen Tony Jashanmal Paras Shahdadpuri Dr. Zulekha Daud Adeeb Ahamed Dhananjay Datar Rizwan Sajan PNC Menon Sima Ved Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy Shyam Bhatia