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Fans flock to vids as medics give advice with song and gags

- AMY SHARPE

FUN-LOVING medics have bagged hundreds of thousands of internet fans – with chirpy TikTok videos.

They have built up celebrity followings with clips that completely debunk the myth that doctors are boring.

They circulate advice on issues ranging from women’s health, sleep, and anxiety to busting anti-vax myths and urging take-up of the Covid-19 vaccine.

But they liven them up with songs, kids dancing in the background – and the occasional joke. Pharmacist NyrahSaleem garnered 65,000 followers in two months. Nyrah, 24, says the videos are a way to help more people than she can reach face-to-face at Mount Chambers Surgery in Braintree, Essex.

She says: “My aim was always to connect with the community and make a change through being fun – not just reeling off textbook lines. screen doc Tv’s Dr.

Arif films clip “It’s a good way to get young people listening.”

FUN-LOVING medics have bagged hundreds of thousands of internet fans – with chirpy TikTok videos.

They have built up celebrity followings with clips that completely debunk the myth that doctors are boring.

They circulate advice on issues ranging from women’s health, sleep, and anxiety to busting anti-vax myths and urging take-up of the Covid-19 vaccine.

But they liven them up with songs, kids dancing in the background – and the occasional joke. Pharmacist NyrahSaleem garnered 65,000 followers in two months. Nyrah, 24, says the videos are a way to help more people than she can reach face-to face at Mount Chambers Surgery in Braintree, Essex.