To those screaming "identity politics" over why the race and religion of five doctors on the frontline who have lost their lives to corona virus has been singled out, (all of whom were Muslim and from minority backgrounds). This is a thread for y& #39;all 1/11 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/muslim-minority-doctors-die-front-line-uk-pandemic-200401082454308.html">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...
Until 2018, an annual cap of 20,700 skilled-workers from abroad was introduced in 2011. This included doctors and nurses. The then Home Sec Sajid Javid relaxed those measures when it became clear the NHS was (& still is) facing a staffing crisis. 7/11 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/14/sajid-javid-confirms-cap-on-foreign-doctors-and-nurses-will-be-lifted">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...
@MattHancock praised the doctors & health workers who lost their lives, saying they "paid the ultimate price of their service", & rightly so. This is the same guy who voted to continue the 1% cap on public sector & emergency workers wages in 2017. The hypocrisy is astounding 8/11
Student medics from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds have reported medical schools often “prefer to ignore racism” and often encounter patients who refuse to be treated by them. 9/11 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/14/bame-trainee-doctors-in-climate-of-fear-over-racism">https://www.theguardian.com/education...
According to research by the @gmcuk doctors from Black or minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds are twice as likely to face disciplinary action as doctors who are white. Doctors are white are more likely than BME medics to be promoted to consultant level 10/11 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/25/nhs-treating-minority-ethnic-doctors-as-outsiders">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...
I could go on. All that being said, remember their names:

1. Dr Habib Zaidi
2. Dr Alfa Sa& #39;adu
3. Professor Sami Shousha
4. Dr Adil el Tayar
5. Dr Amged El-Hawrani

Not forgetting pharmacist Pooja Sharma and healthcare assistant Thomas Harvey who also died of corona virus. 11/11
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