Miss England 2019 has returned to work as doctor to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus, laying aside her beauty crown.
Bhasha Mukherjee returned to the UK from charity work in India to rejoin her colleagues at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Ms Mukherjee said that while the work she was doing in India was important, she felt her time and skills would be of greater use to the NHS during the coronavirus epidemic.
“I’m not belittling the work, the charity work that I was doing, but in a way, you know, this is what I’ve been trained to do, so I wanted to come back and do that.
Now in isolation in Derby, Ms Mukherjee said she was waiting to hear when she can get up-to-date training, so she can help fellow medical professionals during the pandemic.
Ms Mukherjee has also started a petition to ask that NHS workers can pay reduced rent for accommodation during the crisis.
