{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"100. Dr Hassan Shehata; World-Leading Miscarriage Expert on Torture in a Sudanese Prison, Bob Marley in Jamaica and Donald Trump on Medication ","description":"Pioneering obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Hassan Shehata grew up in Khartoum in Sudan. As a junior doctor he was thrown headlong into revolution, military Islamic extremism, beatings and torture. We talk about his horrific time in \u2018ghost house\u2019 prisons, life in Sudan and Egypt, sitting on Bob Marley\u2019s bed in Jamaica, Donald Trump and Hydroxychloroquine, following Liverpool FC around the world and his extraordinary work in helping people become parents. Dr Hassan Shehata, our 100th episode, is also the man who helped Lisa and David have children after 5 miscarriages. One day in the clinic she was astounded when he told her his extraordinary story.   On this episode we cover:    Dr Shehata\u2019s difficult recovery from Covid 19 The real deal behind Hydroxychloroquine and Donald Trump India soldiers, Malaria and gin and tonic How the NHS and private sector manage the emotional side of illness The conference in Italy that sparked his interest in miscarriage immune treatment Growing up in a medical family in Sudan The Italian Convent school he attended in Sudan Being educated by Catholic Nuns and Priests in Khartoum in \u2018the Eton of Sudan\u2019 The old-school colonial university of Khartoum The 1985 Sudanese revolution being an amazing time to be a student Doctors being at the frontline for democracy The June 1989 military coup by military officer Omar al-Bashir (who would go on to rule the country until he was overthrown in 2019!) Seeing all his colleagues taken to prison Standing on a soap box Being arrested for the first time and put into a \u2018ghost house\u2019 Initially being very well treated Going into hiding until they took his grandfather instead Beatings and torture His colleagues being killed by baseball bats The danger of being incarcerated by very young men The day they told him was going to be executed Being driven blindfolded through the desert The shocking place he was thrown out the car Escaping to Egypt without a passport His policeman uncle in Cairo The physical beatings he had Being spat at being the most degrading But the worse torture being sleep deprivation Witnessing colleagues having their nails pulled out His friend being beaten to death with a baseball bat Fellow doctors physical checking them to see if they could take more torture That government lasting 30 whole years Islamic fanatics military government killing millions How it felt to be dragged to the car supposedly to be executed Being thrown barefoot, shaking and confused into the street Feeling very low when by Egypt His pilot uncle being shot down in Palestine and missing presumed dead Travelling through Egypt as a child in Cairo His grandfather representing him at his own wedding! His wife Selma having photos in her dress with the family Travelling to Saudi Arabia during the World Cup 1990 Travelling from Rhiad through incredible desert (to watch England v Cameroon)   Regular holidays in London as a child to stay in Marble Arch Still being surprised and delighted by London Being an avid Liverpool supporter His first son being an Essex boy Working in different UK hospitals as a junior doctor Looking back on his time in prison Life in the UK rewarding him for his hard work Selling cornflakes shop to shop to raise money to travel  Four na\u00efve boys from Khartoum crossing Europe as a student; Athens to Brindisi, Bologna, Milano, Venice, Genoa, Cannes, Marseilles, Nice, Barcelona and Madrid Discovering years later they were eating pork Getting conned during Ramadan in a dodgy nightclub Sudanese passports being refused by Yugoslavia Winston Churchill and Marilyn Monroe at the Jamaica Inn Visiting Bob Marley\u2019s house Picture perfect Thailand at the Four Seasons Going to Rio for the World Cup Waking up to an ITV crew outside their window Having breakfast with Ian Wright in Brazil Heartbroken in Kiev when Liverpool lost But celebrating watching Liverpool win in Madrid Spine-tingling moments hearing You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone for the first time in a stadium in Khartoum in 1982 Lisa\u2019s Liverpool connections mean that song makes her cry too The overwhelming feelings when one of his patients become parents       ","author_name":"The Big Travel Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thebigtravelpodcast.com","html":"