#2 From Brain Injury to Doctor: Living a Fulfilled Life with Dr. Satinder Sanghera

On A Good Day

This guest episode features the inspirational Satinder Sanghera whose life was turned upside down when she had a brain injury aged 20 while studying medicine. With hard work and determination, she defied many members of the medical board by qualifying as a doctor and going on to have a successful GP career.

Satinder tells Elizabeth and Julia her story of brain injury and talks about the challenges she faced in the early days and some of the prejudices she has experienced.

She gives advice on how brain injury survivors want to be treated by friends and family and opens up about the stigma surrounding stoke and how we can break down barriers surrounding disability.

Satinder talks about the role her parents played in her recovery, without being “cotton woolers”, but enabled her to be more independent.

A huge champion of others who’ve experienced brain injury, Satinder works with the charity Different Strokes where she has helped encourage others in similar situations to go out and enjoy life.

She is determined to continue living a fulfilled life and doesn’t want the condition to hold others back from doing the same.

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Satinder is a trustee for Different Strokes, a charity which helps younger stroke survivors.

https://differentstrokes.co.uk/

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