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Dr Waheed Arian, doctor

Desert Island Discs

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The Man Who Saved Your Life

We were given one tent and we had to find a way to live in that. We didn't even have access to clean water. These are absolutely ripe conditions for diseases like malaria and everything else. And then you contracted TB while at the camp. So your father managed to somehow get you to see a specialist in Peshawar, who saved your life against the odds rate. I think he gave you a 30% chance of survival at the beginning. He saved your life but he also changed it. For me he was the healing figure and I wanted to be like him.

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