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Dr Meenal Viz 💙 Profile picture
Dr Meenal Viz 💙
@drmeenalviz
I'm a doctor and retired Vogue model. I took the government to court. I'm writing a book on protest, out in 2024.
Apr 19 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Five years ago, I stood outside in the spring air - masked, alone, and terrified.

There were no crowds. No chants. Just me and a sign in my hands.

What I didn’t know then was that this one act of courage would change everything 🧵 Image
Image That photo was taken in April 2020.

I had just finished another shift, begging for masks. I was taking care of patients whose immune systems were already so fragile.

And I lived in fear that I might be the one to make them sick.
Dec 9, 2022 • 14 tweets • 9 min read
THE GREAT PPE SCAM: A THREAD ⭐

1/13

It's taken two years for it to come to light, with Michelle Mone's involvement coming under scrutiny. 😲

But there is still a missing link...can we find it? 🤔

Here are my thoughts... ⬇️ 2/
Back in March 2020, when my husband (@ThePalpitations) and I raised concerns about PPE, we briefly gained a big media profile.

This meant that *hundreds* of doctors, nurses and care workers phoned and emailed us in those early weeks.

They were worried about PPE.
Apr 19, 2022 • 22 tweets • 10 min read
Two years ago, I protested outside Downing Street.

I was six months’ pregnant, and working as a doctor on the frontline. 👩‍⚕️

Within hours, I knew my life would never be the same.

THREAD: 🧵 Just a few days before, Nurse Mary Agyapong had passed away.

She was 28 years old, and never got to hold her daughter. 

I was due to give birth at the same hospital where she died.
Jan 8, 2022 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
I felt uncomfortable watching the Sky News interview with consultant anaesthetist Dr Steve James, and I fear it will set us back. 😢

Badly. 😢

Why? 👇🏾 🧵1/14 Legitimate news source. Legitimate discussion. Legitimate setting. Legitimate doctor. Legitimate outfits. British accent. Regurgitates anti-vaxx sentiments. His opinion holds weight. It will be recycled and replayed for years, mostly out of context. It's the anti-vaxx wet dream.
Jan 4, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The idea of the NHS being "overwhelmed" has been one of the most-repeated phrases of the pandemic. But it's been repeated so much that it seems that for much of the last two years, the NHS has been overwhelmed.

What do critical incidents & overwhelmed wards look like? 👇🏾 It is very simple: it means the occupational therapist might be absent, so they can't rehab the elderly patient who's had a fall, so they they stay in hospital. It means that the medication round gets delayed so antibiotics aren't given at optimal times.
Jan 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Last year, Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski spent £8,000 of your money on Polish lessons. 😧

Yet, I've found multiple examples of @DKShrewsbury on Polish TV & radio - here's part of a 16min interview from 4yrs ago where he speaks about EU, NATO etc. 🤔

What gives? 👇🏾 Sure, the Polish isn't perfect.

He trips up when he forgets how to say "work permit."

His accent is off.

But I'd suggest that most people wouldn't voluntarily and repeatedly appear on a foreign news channel, to discuss a complex topic, unless they were very confident.
Nov 7, 2021 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Short thread on an example of egregious subtle racism I faced yesterday.

My family and I were at the local mall yesterday.

We were hanging around in an open space with a few stalls, waiting for a member to return from a bathroom break. We were sipping on smoothies, deciding which shop to go into next. We had lots of full shopping bags.

My baby was waddling around, interested in the bright pictures around the calendar stall, minding her own business as much as a baby can.
Apr 19, 2021 • 25 tweets • 11 min read
One year ago, I protested outside Downing Street.

I was six months’ pregnant, and working as a doctor on the frontline. 👩‍⚕️

Within hours, I knew my life would never be the same.

THREAD: Image Just a few days before, Nurse Mary Agyapong had passed away.

She was 28 years old, and never got to hold her daughter. 

She died at the same hospital where I was due to give birth. Image
Mar 31, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD/

I've now read all 258 pages of the #RaceReport, so you don't have to.

It bats away issues of great significance and infantilizes those from ethnic minorities.

Here are my highlights/lowlights: There are multiple bizarre attempts to underplay serious issues.

"Fear of hate crime among ethnic minorities is greater than its likelihood of occurring."

Well, yes. Just because you didn't get hit by a car on the way home doesn't mean you were wrong to look before you crossed.
Mar 30, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD/

Mary Agyapong died in April 2020, leaving behind a newborn girl and a young boy.

When viewed in context, you'd have to be blindfolded to ignore the systemic issues that her case has raised. ⬇️ Mary felt "pressured to work", while she was heavily pregnant and suffering from anemia.

While she was a patient in A&E, she was discharged & we're told that "she was not too happy" with this outcome.

Pressured to stay in work as a nurse, then pressured to leave as a patient.
Dec 30, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Our govt hasn't published this, so please share this thread ⬇️

As a result of our judicial review, we've brought PPE guidelines up to international standard. 👊🏾

With a new covid variant, we need to protect our frontline. ✔️

Please RT & tag NHS staff - they need to know 💙 What we have achieved, thanks to your support ⬇️

1️⃣ We have revoked the Acute Shortages Guidance, which meant that doctors were being asked to reuse masks. ✔️

2️⃣ We have created a government committee devoted to safeguarding BAME healthcare workers. ✔️3️⃣