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Back to EpisodesDr Billal Patel | COVID-19: The invisible killer | BB #30
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In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Aki Hussain hosts consultant cardiologist Dr Billal Patel from Blackpool. #BloodBrothersPodcast #Coronavirus #COVID19
Dr Patel, who is a frontline consultant cardiologist at Blackpool Hospital, describes how work has been after he returned from 2 weeks of self-isolation due to experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
He also simplifies the way in which COVID-19 spreads, incubates and attacks the body, and explains why people really need to start taking the virus seriously.
Topics of discussion also include why the Muslim community are specifically vulnerable to contracting Coronavirus, the cultural barriers that prevent BME communities from accessing information about COVID-19, and what state Dr Patel thinks the UK will be in the coming months.