By: Lauren Codling
by LAUREN CODLING ASIAN doctors have not only contributed to the NHS by working in the health service but helped “create” it, an influential doctor has said as the public healthcare system celebrates its 70th anniversary on Thursday (5). Professor Mayur Lakhani CBE, president of The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), told Eastern Eye that Asian doctors were “the architects” in underprivileged areas as they helped to set up general practice services for local communities. “When Asian doctors initially came to the UK, they worked in areas where other local graduates did not want to go – like poor…
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