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Kailash Chand

Five short autobiographies in two languages. Kailash Chand is an Indian doctor in Stalybridge. He grew up speaking Punjabi but worked as a GP for his whole career in the UK.

Five short autobiographies in two languages. 5. Kailash Chand is an Indian doctor in Stalybridge, he grew up speaking Punjabi but worked as a GP for his whole career in the UK. He came to Britain in the 1970s and was beaten up in a racist attack not long after he arrived. Despite this welcome, he stayed, built up his own successful practice, and has recently retired to become the deputy chair of the BMA. He remembers his years in the NHS and the comforts of Urdu poetry and Indian songs. Producer: Tim Dee.

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Fri 24 May 2013 13:45

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