Dr. Alykhan Abdulla

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Abdulla and Bartolo: Stable housing means better health for allOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 23, 2025
• Abdulla: Ottawa has a great chance to advocate for better health careOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 29, 2025
• Abdulla: Canadians have the will to make the world betterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 1, 2025
• Abdulla: Ontario health-care crisis — the sky really is fallingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 11, 2025
• Abdulla: In times of division, pluralism is the right medicineOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 28, 2025
• Abdulla: Abusing doctors and staff won't make health care any betterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 6, 2025
• Abdulla: What stops us from fixing health care? Policymakers themselvesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 19, 2025
• Abdulla: Ten good (and fun) habits for the new yearOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 31, 2024
• Opinion: Ten good (and fun) habits for the new yearOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 30, 2024
• Abdulla: Health care will be better if we practise a little kindnessOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 30, 2024
• Abdulla: An apology to Indigenous Peoples from Canada's doctorsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 17, 2024
• Abdulla: Ontario health care is in crisis. Here's how you can helpOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 29, 2024
• Abdulla: To mark National Doctors' Day, let's improve our beleaguered healthcare systemOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 1, 2024
• Opinion: To mark National Doctors' Day, let's improve our beleaguered health-care systemOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 30, 2024
• Abdulla: The good and bad news for Canada's emerging doctorsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 18, 2024
• Abdulla: Three ideas to help solve Canada's health-care crunchOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 9, 2024
• Abdulla: A doctor's Christmas wish for Canada's health-care systemOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 16, 2023
• Abdulla: A doctor's Christmas wish for Canada's health-care systemOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 15, 2023
• Opinion: A doctor's Christmas wish for Canada's health-care systemOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 15, 2023
• Abdulla: Let's create a 'Health Care Bill of Rights' for CanadiansOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 22, 2023
• Abdulla: In the holy month of Ramadan, a few words of gratitudeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 17, 2023
• Abdulla: In Canada, we do not have universal health careOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 1, 2023
• Abdulla: Health care is broken. It's no wonder our patients are shoutingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 20, 2023
• Abdulla: Health care is broken. It's no wonder our patients are shoutingOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 19, 2023
• Abdulla: The unintended consequences of Ontario's health-care policiesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 16, 2022
• Abdulla: Overworked and exhausted, family doctors carry onOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 30, 2022
• Abdulla: An apology to my Ottawa patients for our broken health-care systemOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 3, 2022
• Abdulla: You want a family doctor in Ontario? Sorry, it's not going to be easyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 3, 2022
• Abdulla: Trucker protest — each side needs to offer something reasonableOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 7, 2022