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The Curative Community

Today's article is a little different. I would like to introduce all of you to the curative community. Founded by me and my friend, Bhakti this is an online platform that helps spread awareness about healthcare and medicine. It has been founded to engage the global community, from professionals to healthcare enthusiasts to share information about rising problems and commendable achievements and progress in the fields of biomedical sciences and medicine. We aim to provide students who are unable to meet with/ shadow/ intern with doctors due to Covid-19 a platform where they can learn directly from them. Please do check out our podcasts and articles :)



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