{"id":2634,"date":"2007-07-12T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/07\/12\/er-star-turns-real-life-doctor\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:56:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:56:42","slug":"er-star-turns-real-life-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/07\/12\/er-star-turns-real-life-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"ER star turns real-life Doctor!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"SHE has found fame playing a doctor on the small screen, now Leicester\u2019s very own Parminder Nagra has become the real thing after she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leicester.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The 32-year-old, who shot to fame as football mad Jess Bhamra in Gurinder Chadha\u2019s \u2018Bend it Like Beckham\u2019, is a regular in hit American hospital drama ER playing Dr Ness Rasgotra. <\/div>\n

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She can now use the prefix Dr for real after returning to her home city yesterday where she was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. <\/div>\n

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She was welcomed onto the stage by the University\u2019s Professor Gordon Campbell who said: \u201cIn American universities the first degree in medicine is that of Doctor of Medicine, and Parminder has risked being struck off the medical register for not having a doctorate. A remedy is now at hand.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Speaking on her doctorate, Parminder said it was a \u201cgreat honour and privilege\u201d.<\/div>\n

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She said: \u201cIt is a great honour and privilege to be stood hear today, my most sincere thanks to the University of Leicester and Dr E Parker for having organised all of this, you have no idea how much this means to me.\u00a0A degree is something that I had always wanted but had thought it was something that had just passed me by. So I feel very fortunate to be stood here right now, especially in this rather fetching gown, I know my mum will love it.\u201d<\/div>\n

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She added her ER American co-stars were also excited for her.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/div>\n

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“I’ve been playing a doctor for the past four-and-a-half years so it has been a bit odd getting a doctorate now,” she said.<\/div>\n

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“I told all my cast mates on ER and one of the girls, who plays Abby, asked if they’d have to start calling me Dr Parminder now. <\/div>\n

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“They’re all really excited for me,” she said<\/div>\n

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