What Physicians Do At Sporting Events

Dr Harjeet Singh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon | Dr Kamaljeet Singh, Consultant Sports Medicine Physician | Dato' Dr Gurcharan Singh, Consultant Sports Medicine Physician

07-Jan-25 16:00

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What role do medical teams at sporting events play beyond just treating injuries that happen during the event? How much has sports medicine evolved to keep up with the changes in both sports and medicine? We speak to consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Harjeet Singh as well as consultant sports medicine physicians Dr Kamaljeet Singh and Dato’ Dr Gurcharan Singh to find out.

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories: wellness

Tags: courtside medicine, the bigger picture, health and living, exercise, athletes, muscle, injury, doping, gender,

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