DR. DHUN NORIA Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Director, The Scarborough Hospital, Ontario always extended their good fortune to family, friends, friends of friends and even strangers. On 17th March, 2014, Dr. Dhun and Farokh Noria gave $1 million donation to The Scarborough Hospital Foundation. The cheque was presented at a special reception hosted by the Foundation. In honour of their generous donation, the laboratories at both campuses have been dedicated to the family and named the Farokh and Dhun Noria Laboratory.
Noria Family donates $1 million to support cancer care at The Scarborough Hospital
Dr. Noria is also the recipient of several awards. A few of them are: ‘Professional Woman of the Year’ Award from the Federation of North American Zoroastrian Organization in the United States, 2004, as also the ‘Business Woman of the year’ award from the Indo-Canada
Chamber of Commerce the same year; The Hind Ratan Award, India, 2005; the Nav Rattan Award, India, 2008. She was appointed to the Toronto Police Services Board by the Premier of Ontario and the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 2011 and was inducted into the ‘Scarborough Walk of Fame’ the same year. In March 2012, she received the ‘President’s Award’ from the Ontario Medical Association, an organisation of 27,000 physicians and the same year ‘Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Medal’ for significant contribution and achievement by an outstanding Canadian. On 10th May 2014, she received the ‘Global Lifetime Achievement’ Award from The Scarborough Hospital in Toronto.
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brilliant doctor, an outstanding administrator and community leader, Dr. Dhun Noria has made a very positive impact on the management of health facilities in Canada. She has the rare ability to inspire others by her example. For her, success is simply a way of life. Dr. Dhun Noria, Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Director of Laboratories, the Scarborough Hospital, Ontario is a woman of remarkable strength and courage. At the vanguard of worthy causes, she has left her mark of excellence on all the professional and charitable organisations she has been associated with. She has contributed immensely to the Zoroastrian community and to Toronto as a whole because giving back has always been the standard in the Noria house. From early days Dr. Dhun Noria and her husband, Farokh, have
Left - Dr. Sabrena Noria, Dr. Dhun Noria, Zubin Noria, Farokh Noria, Robert Biron, President of the Scarborough Hospital and Mary Murphy, the Foundation Vice President
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