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Strictly star Dr Punam Krishan – famous husband, near-fatal birth and car crash
Dr Punam Krishan is known for being BBC Morning Live‘s resident medic – but the doctor is in the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up, and she’ll see you now!
Not that her patients won’t continue to see her in her NHS GP practice, too. Glasgow-born Dr Punam, 41, has insisted she will be continuing with her medical commitments while she’s appearing on the BBC One dance contest.
But Strictly, it seems, was an opportunity she just couldn’t resist.
‘This doesn’t feel real’
Dr Punam said: “This still doesn’t feel real, I am overjoyed to be a contestant on this year’s show.”
She continued: “I have watched Strictly every year with my family and it feels extra special that it’s the 20th year. I can’t believe I will be the one getting Strictly-fied now.
I can’t believe I will be the one getting Strictly-fied now.
“This is so out of my comfort zone, but I’m up for the journey and will give it my absolute all.”
How Dr Punam Krishan is famous
Dr Punam has been offering medical insights and sharing health news on Morning Live since 2020. Her broadcasting has also included work with BBC Scotland.
She also went viral several years back as she detailed her experience on social media of experiencing racism from a patient.
“I decided to talk about it,” she reflected in January 2019.
Dr Punam added: “It’s important that people are made aware that these attitudes exist in Britain today. I hoped that if I could speak up and raise awareness, it might encourage other people to do the same and share stories where people haven’t been the bystander.”
Where to find Strictly star Dr Punam Krishan on TV
She hosted Laid Bare in October 2019, which saw patients given a comprehensive medical check up – and a frank assessment from Dr Punam. Her advice was described as “a living post-mortem” by one journalist.
Additionally, Dr Punam also appeared in episode of The Weakest Link in December 2022. However, she was voted off in the second round.
She’s also appeared on radio and in newspapers, and Dr Punam’s writing includes her debut children’s book How to Be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs. Published in 2022, she’s also been commissioned to write a further two children’s books in 2025. You and Your Body will be a flap board book about human anatomy, while A Superhero’s First Aid Manual will concentrate on first aid.
Strictly star Dr Punam Krishan and her famous husband
Dr Punam married Sandesh Gulhane in 2011, a fellow GP. Since 2021, Sandesh has been an MSP for the Conservatives in Glasgow.
They share two children – son Aarish, 11, and four-year-old daughter, Ellora.
And Dr Punam has previously joked about her husband: “He started off as an orthopaedic surgeon. But you can’t live with me and not become a GP.”
Dr Punam Krishan on her family being told she ‘didn’t have long to live’
Dr Punam has also spoken about the dramatic circumstances surrounding the birth of her son have informed her career.
She ended up on a ventilator in intensive care as she had Aarish.
“My family were told that I didn’t have long to live. What happened to me was a complete out-the-blue crisis point in life that gives you a scare,” she said.
Suffering a postpartum haemorrhage, Dr Punam recalled: “It was a freak, bleed-out episode. I went into heart and lung failure, developed clotting issues and widespread sepsis.”
However, she came to realise that as she was offered medication, all she wanted “was support and space to heal”.
And so Dr Punam considers it important how being a patient can inform being a media, adding: “I returned to work a completely different doctor.”
What happened when Dr Punam Krishan was in a car accident
In March 2023, Dr Punam told social media fans about how her ‘life flashed before her eyes’ during a terrifying car incident.
She said on Instagram: “One minute you could be cruising along, living your best life. And the next you could see it all flash before your eyes.
“This is what happened to me as I lost total control of everything as my car aquaplaned across the lanes on a busy motorway at 70mph causing me to crash straight into the central reservation a few days ago.
“All blurry but yet so vivid, in slow motion but also too fast to register, so deafening but simultaneously silent.
“An experience of absolute fear but one that’s left an overwhelming sense of gratitude. All this, all at once!”
She added: “I’m still trying to process what the hell happened. But there are key people that I can’t stop thinking about whose selfless acts of kindness, compassion and care will stay with me forever.
“There are people who will slow down, look and drive on when they witness a RTA. But then there are people who stop, step up and play a significant a role in helping you. Absolute heroes.”
Dr Punam also explained how “an angel” who was among the first on the scene kept telling her to breathe as they cared for her.
She GP explained: “[The woman] even gave me her blanket to keep me warm and told me to keep it as the paramedics lifted me out.
“I’ve got it beside me now as a reminder of the sweetest strangers who’ll touch your life in the most significant of ways.
“You might never see them again but there’s real goodness out there.”
Dr Punam Krishan to continue as a doctor while she’s on Strictly
The doctor has made it clear she won’t leave her role as a GP while she’s part of Strictly 2024.
She told Instagram followers earlier this month: “When you’re surrounded by the best people, you can achieve anything.
“I’ve had some people ask me whether I’ll be leaving my NHS GP work to do Strictly. Absolutely not.
“It will be a challenge to balance it but I’m so lucky to be supported by the most fantastic team and, as my practice manager put it, ‘we will make it work!’ I love my job.”
Dr Punam continued: “My patients and my duty of care towards them will always come first.
“However, I’m also someone who has passions, dreams, and aspirations outside of my day job.”
She continued: “Strictly is a proper dream come true for me. I’m a fan and my practice team are mega fans so they are fully behind me for which I’m so grateful.”
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In Emmerdale spoilers for next week, the Dingle family gathers together to grieve the loss of much-loved patriarch, Zak Dingle.
Elsewhere, Moira delays her brain surgery, causing Matty to worry for his mum.
All this and more in Emmerdale spoilers for next week.
Emmerdale spoilers: 1. Zak Dingle passes away
Moira answers a phone call from Debbie and finds out that Zak has passed away.
Cain then gathers the Dingles and breaks the news to them, with the whole village mourning such a huge loss. The Dingles all turn to each other for support as they grieve Zak.
Sam, Belle and Cain head outside and come together to remember their dad. Cain and Sam then head off to Scotland to bring Zak home.
The Woolpack then becomes a place of mourning, with the family raising a toast in memory of Zak. On the day of Zak’s funeral, a long-lost relative appears at his graveside. But, who is it?
Emmerdale spoilers: 2. Billy wants to fight again
Billy decides to fight again but begs Mack to keep it a secret. He then plans to fight in another unlicensed boxing match to provide a better life for Dawn and the kids.
Meanwhile at Home Farm, Will tries to win back Kim with flowers before getting back into Dawn’s good books. But, is more trouble brewing for the family?
Emmerdale spoilers: 3. Moira prepares for her operation
Moira has a seizure whilst cooking breakfast, receiving the news of her operation slot the next day. She keeps this hidden from Cain though.
With the family grieving Zak, Matty worries about the reason behind Moira wanting to delay her operation. Can he get Moira to change her mind?
4. Caleb and Will want to take Kim down
With Caleb in financial trouble, lying to the bank, he meets up with Will to discuss bringing Kim down. Will they be successful?
5. Ruby finds out the truth
Receiving her mum’s ashes, Ruby turns to Chas for advice. Chas then encourages her to speak to the hospital about what her mum’s final words were. Ruby then discovers that Caleb visited Helen before her death. As she confronts her husband, how will Caleb explain himself?
Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale in 2024?
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In EastEnders spoilers for next week, Junior threatens to tell everyone about his affair with Cindy – and she’s not impressed.
Elsewhere, the club crush drama causes trouble for Chelsea.
All this and more in EastEnders spoilers for next week.
1. Junior threatens to expose the affair
The affair between Cindy and Junior looks close to breaking after Cindy tries to avoid him following her engagement to Ian.
Junior is still reeling from the news and calls her multiple times – to no avail.
Feeling lost, he storms into Beale’s Eels to confront her, but she tells him the affair is over and he needs to leave.
In The Vic, Junior snaps at Peter after he discussed the exciting engagement, and later heads to the café.
His rebound mind is on and he asks Priya to join him for a drink.
However, it doesn’t go to plan as Priya abruptly ends her drinks with Junior after realising he isn’t interested, as a vindicated Cindy watches on.
Later on, a worried Cindy watches as Junior approaches and talks to Ian in the pub. It’s clear he wants to play a few games…
Wanting to get the upper hand, Cindy joins Junior for a drink after he invites Peter out.
But, things quickly take a turn for the worse…
EastEnders spoilers: 2. Chelsea’s crush nightmare
Denise and Jack seem to be getting back on track, with Kim and Howie encouraging her to rekindle her relationship with him.
One person is not happy about the arrangement – Chelsea.
Back at No.20, Chelsea rails at her mum to keep her distance from Jack, lest he finds out she was behind the club crush and she gets in trouble with the police.
The repercussions across the Square are still being felt, with Lauren continuing to struggle with her recovery.
At the hospital, Amy gets upset as her recovery is going slower than she originally planned. Penny, who accompanied her, tries to comfort her but an argument ensues.
Later Penny makes the decision to leave Walford, and arrives at No.27 as Jack and Denise try to buoy Amy up.
However, things quickly heat up in the Branning household, as they often do. In the middle of a bust up, Denise finally drops the bomb that Chelsea was behind the crush.
Later on, an emotional Chelsea prepares to hand herself in after being confronted by Amy, Lauren, Penny and Jack, but will she make it?
3. Panesar problems
Nish continues to feel disgusted as Even and Suki talk about their engagement loudly and in front of him.
He hopes to break them up still, and concocts a plan that’s sure to develop a rift between the couple…
Nish summons Vinny and asks him to speak to Habiba to arrange for Tye to visit the Square.
Unaware of his plans, Eve and Suki dress up and enjoy their engagement party. Suki is touched when Vinny reveals that Nish has arranged for grandson Tye to visit.
Later on, she decides to invite Nish as per the request of Nugget and Avani and he, surprisingly, accepts.
Nish momentarily lets go while enjoying family time – but it’s short lived.
He overhears a conversation between Suki and Eve about bringing Nish down, which leads him to make a mysterious phone call…
What could it contain?
EastEnders spoilers: 4. Eve escapes the Square
In a last-minute decision to visit her family, Eve announces she’d heading to Yorkshire.
She tries to ask Suki to accompany her, but Suki decides to stay with her family.
This doesn’t seem to be her own decision, however, after Nish put his two pence in.
Suki stays to spend time with Tye.
Later, Eve softens after talking to Stacey, and calls to apologise to Suki but it’s clear that Nish is not happy at her intrusion in their family time…
EastEnders spoilers: 5. Teddy’s making moves
Teddy has his eyes set on Sharon and spends the week trying different methods to catch her attention.
He first tries to impress her by helping Kathy with Suki and Eve’s engagement party plans at the eleventh hour.
Later on, he asks Sharon on a date, but she rejects his offer.
Straight after, Kathy loosens her up and convinces her to give Teddy a chance…
Feeling more positive, she finds him for a conversation. Things don’t go to plan when Harry puts his foot in it.
Harry vows to make things right by setting up a date between the pair at The Arches. Teddy rails at Harry for being deceptive, but Sharon had already cottoned on to the plans and decides to attend anyway, much to Teddy’s surprise.
Sharon asks Teddy for a drink, but he bails to look after Barney…
Could a new romance be on the horizon?
6. Avani takes the next step
The young love between Avani and Mason appears to be growing after they share a kiss at The Arches, but Avani bolts after she thinks Mason wants more.
Later, Avani confides in Lily at McClunky’s, who tries to convince her not to sleep with him.
Little do they know, but they are being listened into by Tommy from another table.
Later, Teddy invites Avani to No.1 to play video games with Barney which she accepts, but their games are interrupted when Priya arrives and demands answers
She heard the whole situation from Tommy, who was happy to report back.
7. Jean and Harvey make up
After a lovely break away, Jean returns from Greece with Stacey.
However, she’s not feeling too refreshed after she shares a frosty exchange with Harvey.
She manages to corner Teddy with Mo and they convince him to give them a cleaning job.
But it’s clear Jean still looks to him for advice, after she spills her worries to him later on.
She’s heard differing events about Tommy’s behaviour from the mother and son, and shares her thoughts with Harvey.
Lending his ear as usual, the conversation soon diverts to their relationship.
The pair agree to try again.
8. Kathy warns Suki
Elsewhere, Kathy is shocked to see Nish and Suki playing happy families in the café with grandson Tye, and she later questions Suki on whether Nish can be trusted…
Could there be another element in ‘The Six’s’ story coming soon?
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In Coronation Street spoilers for next week, the police find Joel’s body in the river and investigate what happened to him in a whodunnit mystery.
Elsewhere, Sam takes a trip to the hospital after suffering a knife injury.
All this and more in Coronation Street spoilers for next week.
Coronation Street spoilers: 1. Joel’s body is found
The search for Joel’s body following the discovery of his car and suicide note is in full swing – and the police make a shocking discovery.
Craig and Kit study CCTV from a train station car park and see Joel and then his dad around a locker. Following the lead, Kit interviews Gus in a desperate attempt to reveal the truth.
Later on, three lads are passing by the river and see a body floating in the water.
Off-screen, Craig announces to Lisa and Kit that the body is Joel’s.
Kit steals himself to break the news to Dee-Dee and Lauren at the hospital, while Lisa breaks the news to people in the Rovers.
Meanwhile, coroners undergo a post mortem, which reveals Joel was dead before he was chucked into the river.
Thus, a murder investigation ensues and everyone asks, who could be responsible?
2. The investigation
Multiple leads are being inspected, with Kit first questioning Lauren asking where she was on September 27th, the night of his death.
Elsewhere, Dee-Dee reveals to Ed and Ronnie that Joel was murdered…
More details of the post mortem are revealed, which say that Joel died from two blows to the head with a heavy weapon, most likely a crowbar.
While on the cobbles, DS Swain learns from Yasmeen that she threw Mason out because he had a crowbar, something which puts him as a main suspect.
Ever the protective mother, Lisa tells Betsy to stay away from Mason, which only leaves her intrigued.
Betsy warns Mason that the police are onto him. Hearing her warning, Mason disposes of the crowbar in a bin behind the factory.
However, it doesn’t go smoothly as he is caught in the act by Kit.
Meanwhile, Dee-Dee explains to Ronnie that the police believe Joel was attacked with a crowbar.
Coronation Street spoilers: 3. Stu threatens to leave
Mason is also causing tension elsewhere on the cobbles, this time between Stu and Yasmeen.
Stu grows angry with Yasmeen after she reveals a social worker has found alternative accommodation for Mason.
In a fit of rage, Stu tells Yasmeen he is thinking of moving – not just out, but to Germany.
He claims he wants to be with Eliza and Dom and away from Weatherfield.
How will Yasmeen react?
4. Bethany’s love life
Still in despair and trying to patch things up, Daniel explains to Sarah how Bethany has got it into her head that he won’t want to be with her as she now has a stoma bag.
Daniel emphasises this means nothing to him, but it doesn’t seem to be getting through to an insecure Bethany.
Later, Jenny tells Daisy that she bumped into Daniel and recounted his relationship struggles.
This makes her determined and Daisy sets off to the hospital, to put Bethany straight.
Will she be able to get through to her?
Coronation Street spoilers: 5. Platt plights
David is still on edge about Gail selling No.8 and has been carefully going over his finances to see if he can buy the house.
He feels particularly mistrusting after Jesse offers to lend a hand and reveals he’s taking Gail on a trip to Whitby.
Sarah and David take a moment to discuss his supposedly ‘strange’ behaviour but the conversation is cut by the arrival of an estate agent putting up a ‘for sale’ sign, making David even more worried.
Jesse, unaware to their suspicions, tells Gail he wants to get to know her kids. He treats David, Sarah and Nick to lunch in the Rovers.
There, the kids quiz him on his finances and he admits he’s awaiting some cash after he sold his home.
Elsewhere, Sarah accuses Adam of stealing Damon’s money from the lock-up. Adam assures her he had nothing to do with it, nor did Daniel, and the most likely suspect is Damon’s cousin who went to “check” on it.
At the lunch, David advises Sarah to forget about Damon’s missing money, but she’s not done yet.
Adam stirs the pot as he says Jesse may have overheard her and David discussing the missing money, and Sarah becomes adamant that Jesse took it.
She follows Jesse after he has to leave early.
Is he hiding something?
6. Rowan strikes back
In the wake of Nick’s affair and Rowan’s destruction, Leanne is working on picking the pieces up.
She tells Toyah that both of them should move out of the flat to leave time for Nick and Sam. Leanne reveals she has rented the flat above the salon, but Toyah will have to find her own place.
More bad news comes to the family, after Nick tells David that the police called and Rowan is pleading not guilt to blackmail and fraud. All of them will have to go to trial and testify.
Trying to take his mind off things, Nick flirts with a customer, but doesn’t realise Sam is watching.
Feeling unhappy with his dad’s actions, Sam tells the customer that Nick is engaged and unavailable.
In an attempt to reignite Nick and Leanne’s love, Sam prepares a romantic meal at the flat.
However, disaster strikes when he uses a sharp knife to try and open some oysters.
Not knowing what to do, Sam calls on Asha at No.7 and shows her a gash he’s made on his hand.
The sensible paramedic Asha takes a woozy Sam to hospital to have stitches.
How will Nick and Leanne react when they discover his plans to get them together have resulted in him being injured?
7. Hope falls ill
Hope’s vaping addiction is still a huge issues at the Dobbs’.
Fiz tells Tyrone that Hope’s too poorly to return to school and she’s taking the day off to look after her.
Tyrone reckons Hope’s brought it on herself by vaping, and encourages a hospital visit.
Dr Gaddas confirms that Hope has a chest infection and her vaping will certainly have played a part.
Is this the wake up call she needs to put down the vapes?
8. Gemma struggles
The full trauma of her brother’s death overwhelms Gemma, as she tells Chesney she doesn’t want Joseph to go on the school skiing trip in fear he might get hurt and he could pass away.
Chesney reassures her, but it does little to calm her down.
An understanding Joseph later tells Chesney he doesn’t want to go because he doesn’t want Gemma to feel stressed on his behalf.
Will the family be okay with his decision?
9. Frankie’s going home
A doctor informs Lauren and Max that Frankie’s condition is improving and he will be well enough to be discharged next month.
Lauren’s friends rally around her, with Bobby taking a particularly strong stand.
He tells Max that he still has strong feelings for Lauren and wants to be with her.
However, he learns that Lauren slept on Max’s couch the other night and they start to act shifty around him.
Could something be going on?
10. Ronnie’s big surprise
Debbie works behind the scenes to arrange a surprise party for Ronnie to make his 55th birthday.
He figures out the surprise with delight, but his mood is quickly squished when Kit and a colleague arrive to question him and Ed.
Ronnie insists he was home alone the night Joel went missing, while Ed claims he was at No.3 with Dee-Dee and Michael.
In an attempt to get the heat off their backs, Ronnie said he last used the satnav when he and Michael helped Joel move out of his flat ages ago.
At the party, Michael reveals they actually drove to Joel’s flat in his car that time and an unimpressed Debbie realises Ronnie lied to her.
How will she react?
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