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15: When I Was 13: Dr Purba Gupta, Covid warrior

Jun 06, 202026 min
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Episode description

We have new soldiers amidst us in these Covid times-doctors and medical support staff.  In this new episode, we talk to Dr Purba Gupta - an infectious diseases specialist who has been associated with the prestigious Johns Hopkins University. Dr Purba Gupta talks about growing up in the small town of Chaibasa, and her journey to Lady Harding Medical College in New Delhi, and then further on to the US. We also talk about the future of Coronavirus and how the world might be in a few months from now. So lets hop into our time machine and travel to Chaibasa in 1989 when Purba was 13.
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