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Sachin Tendulkar helps young doctors learn about sports injuries

Sentinel Digital Desk

Mumbai: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday dedicated time to be part of a webinar to help young doctors learn about sports injuries in a video conferencing session.

Tendulkar got to know through Sudhir Warrier, an orthopaedician, that several young doctors across the country were utilising the lockdown time to effectively gain more knowledge through live webinars.

A session on Saturday was about sports injuries and knowing that sharing his experience with young doctors will help them understand sportspersons injuries and treatment better, the batting maestro immediately volunteered to be part of the webinar.

The young orthopaedic doctors got to know how the requirements and treatment outcomes of athletes are different from regular patients. The webinar was attended by around 12,000 doctors across the country. IANS