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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Rosseinsky

Hanif Kureishi: ‘The NHS only functions on immigration’

Author Hanif Kureishi has praised the work of immigrant NHS staff as he reflected on the traumatic injury that left him paralysed.

The 70-year-old author of The Buddha of Suburbia and The Black Album fainted and fell on his head after suffering a dizzy spell on Boxing Day 2022 while staying in Rome, Italy.

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