28/05/2024
A doctor who has taken a break from her day job to star in a play alongside Michael Sheen says the experience has given her hope for the future of the NHS.
As a junior doctor in acute medicine, Dr Sara Otung is more accustomed to dealing with patients with infections or having suspected heart attacks.
But since January, she has been a member of the ensemble and an understudy in the play Nye, which sees Sheen portray Welsh politician and architect of the NHS Aneurin Bevan.
She said the play, which has transferred from London's National Theatre to Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, had left some of her NHS colleagues moved to tears.
"There's been a real sense of hopelessness recently regarding the NHS and so to go back to its roots, this play is perfect timing," she said.
