As a sixth-form pupil on work experience at The Royal Hospital in Muscat, Ahmed Shahrabani would stand at the side of the wards and watch in awe at the way his father interacted with the patients under his care.
The then 17-year-old noticed how Dr Rashid Shahrabani not only knew each person’s first name, but also their hobbies as well as the names of any children and the subjects they were studying at school.
In return, many of those treated…