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Welcome to the first episode of AVANT-GARDE-GRASP. Here we present Dr Richa Amatya. She is a consultant-psychiatrist, currently working in Nepal Medicity Hospital and Shree Birendra Army Hospital. Initially she had embarked into this career as a psychiatrist in Annapurna Neuro Hospital and later, she joined Dhulikhel Hospital where she worked as a correctional psychiatrist among the prison inmates in Dhulikhel prison. She is an activist trying to raise awareness regarding mental health through collaborations with different media channels, overcoming the associated stigma with mental health. She believes in a world where mental health is equally prioritized as our physical well-being. In this episode, we discuss the impacts of the lock-down caused due to the outbreak of Covid-19.  

"Avant-Garde-Grasp" is a new podcast series initiated by Rotaract Club of Kathmandu University Medical School that is determined to unfold different dimensions of social dogmas, medicine, philosophy, poetry and different perspectives of learning. And the title itself appreciates the art and beauty of experimental ideas which are beyond the imagination.