A former Pulse columnist will take part as one of the celebrity contestants on the new series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Glasgow GP and TV personality Dr Punam Krishan, who wrote for Pulse in 2018 and 2019, will be a contestant on the entertainment show when it returns for a new series this autumn.
The news was announced on Vernon Kay’s Radio 2 show yesterday.
Dr Krishan told the BBC: ‘This still doesn’t feel real, I am overjoyed to be a contestant on this year’s show. I have watched Strictly every year with my family and it feels extra special that it’s the 20th year, I can’t believe I will be the one getting Strictly-fied now.
‘This is so out of my comfort zone, but I’m up for the journey and will give it my absolute all.’
During her time as a columnist for Pulse, Dr Krishan wrote about several topics, including being a BME doctor and worrying about the future of the NHS, the result of Dr Bawa-Garba’s appeal, and the Scottish GP contract.
She has a specialist interest in maternal and family health, as well as mental health, and during the pandemic became popular for her podcast The Medic Mum. She has recently written a children’s book, titled ‘How to be a doctor and other life-saving jobs’.
Dr Krishan is currently a resident GP on BBC Morning Live and on BBC Radio Scotland, where she holds a phone-in surgery covering health and lifestyle, and she is also a columnist for the i newspaper.
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