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Under my bump

Dr Amina Ahmed, 44, Bradford

Opening my mouth wide, I stuck my tongue out as the doctor shone her light down my throat.

‘Ahhhh, ’ I croaked.

At 7 years old, I had laryngitis and was seeing our family GP.

‘You can take my place when you grow up, ’ the doctor smiled as she checked my tonsils.

My eyes lit up.

In that moment, the seed was planted.

I wanted to be a doctor!

In 1996, I went to university in Leicester, and in 2001,

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