Pediatrician from Hyderabad gets prestigious fellowship in UK

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Mar 31, 2021, 12:25 IST

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A paediatrician from the city, Rachel Priyanka Pulla, who is also the founder of Healing Train Foundation, has received the prestigious MTI (Medical Training Initiative) Fellowship at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, the United Kingdom (UK).

Pediatrician from Hyderabad gets prestigious fellowship in UK

Rachel Priyanka Pulla

HYDERABAD: A paediatrician from the city, Rachel Priyanka Pulla, who is also the founder of Healing Train Foundation, has received the prestigious MTI (Medical Training Initiative) Fellowship at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, the United Kingdom (UK).
Being a child wellness advocate, Dr Rachel started the "Healing Train Foundation" in 2019 to reach out to children and mainly cater to young girls.
This was with the goal to make a difference in child development and menstrual hygiene which is vital to the empowerment and well-being of girls worldwide.
In the last three years, Healing Train Foundation conducted 30 medical camps and distributed reusable hygiene kits reaching 28,000 children in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana..

Through the fellowship program Dr Rachel will be pursuing her super speciality studies in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care.
Till recently, Rachel worked as a paediatrician at Stork Home (Dr. Fernandez Hospital) in Hyderabad.
Rachel who takes interest in new research and health care technology says she will gain broader international experience with the MTI which is sponsored by the prestigious Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, UK.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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