Waheed Arian
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Dr Waheed Arian is an Afghan refugee, leading radiologist and recently announced as the UK's Best Doctor at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards. He joined Rachel and Alice in the studio to discuss how he fled Afghanistan arriving in Britain illegally and alone at 15, self-schooled his way out of a youth detention centre and into Cambridge University to study medicine and how he set-up his own charity providing phone consultations to the sick in war zones. Get The Times free for a month: thetimes.co.uk/pastimperfect Arian Teleheal: www.arianteleheal.com Refugee Action: www.refugee-action.org.uk British Medical Association: www.bmacharities.org.uk This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org Producer: Ben Mitchell   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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