A Brainy Man on a Mission

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A Brainy Man on a Mission

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From rags to riches: how a fruit stall selling boy became a brain surgeon and, inspired by the NHS, built a community hospital and neuroscience institute back in his homeland of Kolkata. We meet the President of India who opened the institute, and speak with the patients being treated there... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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