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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Coronavirus: Nurse Areema Nasreen tribute & spending time with your family

Coronavirus: Nurse Areema Nasreen tribute & spending time with your family

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Dr Samara Afzal pays tribute to nurse Areema Nasreen

Qasa Alom gets a round-up of the latest coronavirus news from our reporter Poonam Taneja. After that we’ll be joined by Dr Mateen Jiwan, a GP who recently said that he had one of the worst days of his career. He says he felt powerless and worries there will be worse days ahead in the fight against coronavirus. Then we’ll hear from three medical professionals who have responded to the NHS’s calls for help to deal with the pandemic. Plus Dr Samara Afzal pays tribute to nurse Areema Nasreen, who passed away after spending weeks in intensive care after contracting coronavirus. After that Qasa wants to know, are you enjoing spending so much time with your family? Has thie time where we are all pretty much housebound for most of the day, brought you closer to your family or is a bit of tension starting to creep in now? And author Shahnaz Ahsan talks to us about her new book ‘Hashim and Family’.

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