Dr Punam Krishan Biography – Dr Punam Krishan Wiki
Dr Punam Krishan is a Scottish celebrity contestant on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2024. She is best known for working as a media medic as well as a broadcaster.
According to BBC Media Center, Krishan is a resident GP on BBC Morning Live and BBC Radio Scotland. Besides being a practising NHS GP, Punam regularly reports on health news as a broadcaster on TV, radio and national newspapers. She has also written her own children’s book with additional books set to be produced. The show will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Krishan went to Hillhead Primary School, Notre Dame High School, and the University of Glasgow, where she studied medicine. She took a post at a medical partnership, but left in September 2017 after burning out, and took a post as a locum.
She started presenting Laid Bare for BBC Scotland in October 2019, in which patients were given a comprehensive medical check-up and then given a dressing down by her. During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, she wrote for the Glasgow Times each week about health and her experiences as a doctor.
By October 2021, she had begun making appearances on Morning Live and on BBC Radio Scotland, and in June 2022, she published a children’s book, How to Be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs. She also appeared on The Weakest Link in December 2022.
Dr Punam Krishan Strictly Come Dancing
Following the announcement of her participation in the dancing show Strictly Come Dancing, she said “This still doesn’t feel real, I am overjoyed to be a contestant on this year’s show. 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. This is so out of my comfort zone, but I’m up for the journey and will give it my absolute all.”
Another contestant in the series, Strictly Come Dancing is Montell Douglas.
Dr Punam Krishan Age
She was born May 28, 1983 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Dr Punam Krishan Husband
The Strictly Come Dancing contestant is married to her husband, Dr Sandesh Gulhane. He is the Scottish Conservative health spokesperson of the Scottish Parliament and MSP for Glasgow. The couple share two children.
Dr Punam Krishan Family
She grew up with her younger sister and extended family. Her parents marriage was arranged while in Kapurthala in Punjab. Her parents later relocated to Scotland in the late 1970s where her father owned a corner shop.
Dr Punam Krishan Children
She has two children,a son Aanish and a daughter Ellora.
Her Instagram handle is @drpunamkrishan.
