Coronavirus: Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee returns to work as doctor

Coronavirus: Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee returns to work as doctor
08 Apr 2020

Setting an example for everyone, beauty queen Bhasha Mukherjee has returned to her previous job as a doctor to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, one of the worst-hit nations around the world.

The Indian-origin winner of 2019 Miss England pageant returned from charity work in India to join her former colleagues and continue her medical services.

Here's more on this.

Mukherjee received messages from her ex-colleagues in UK
What happened

Mukherjee (24) arrived in India at the beginning of March to work as an ambassador for a community charity.

But as things worsened in the UK, she started receiving messages from her former colleagues at the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, who told her how grim the situation was.

Mukherjee then contacted the hospital management and expressed her desire to join again.

I wanted to come and go straight to work: Mukherjee
Details

Mukherjee told CNN that it felt wrong to be wearing the Miss England crown, while people around the world were dying and her colleagues were working so hard.

"I wanted to come back home. I wanted to come and go straight to work," she told the publication.

Mukherjee added, "I felt a sense of this is what I'd got this (medical) degree for."

Mukherjee returned to UK last Wednesday; is currently self-isolating
Quote

Mukherjee, who moved to Derby from Kolkata aged 9, further added, "It was incredible the way the whole world was celebrating all key workers, and I wanted to be one of those."

She returned to UK last Wednesday and is currently in self-isolation.

"There is no better time for me to be Miss England and helping England at a time of need," she concluded.

Coronavirus has killed 6,000+ in the UK
COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the UK, much like many other European nations.

The UK has witnessed 6,159 deaths from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and more than 55,000 have been infected.

In fact, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also suffering from the deadly virus. He is currently in intensive care at London's St Thomas' Hospital.