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Scotland Outdoors

Surgeon Russell Mullen on Mental Health and the Outdoors

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Phil Sime takes a walk with Russell Mullen along the Caledonian Canal in Inverness.

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0:00.0

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0:09.3

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0:17.6

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0:22.0

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0:26.3

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0:27.4

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0:29.9

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0:32.8

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0:35.6

This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:44.4

Hello and thanks for choosing to listen to this podcast.

0:50.7

You know, seldom do we ever hear doctors or surgeons for that matter talk about their own health problems.

0:58.0

And perhaps that's just because we all spend so much time thinking about ourselves

1:03.1

that rarely do we stop and think about how the pressures of caring for everyone else might have on their health.

1:12.8

I'm Phil Seym, and today I'm going for a walk with Russell, who is a consultant surgeon

1:18.9

specialising in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

1:23.7

I'm going to be finding out how the demands of working in such a high-pressured environment

1:29.7

led Russell to believe that he too had cancer.

1:35.0

We are on the edge of the Caledonian Canal near the Tom Nahurich Bridge in Inverness.

1:42.2

There's lots of wee boats tied up, lots of bikes as well.

1:47.1

There was a swan there just going past.

1:50.1

And in the distance, I never know the name of that boat.

1:53.6

There's a huge big boat there.

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