Dr. Aseem Malhotra
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before i tell you that what happened in the case specifically because of that newspaper article um about a month later because my hospital was named in the article and obviously they got a bit panicky i was told that my services were no longer required so i lost my nhs job i and by the way i have an impeccable track record in terms of my clinical care getting with my colleagues you know i'm probably an unusual doctor and probably lucky as well because i throughout my whole career
before i tell you that what happened in the case specifically because of that newspaper article um about a month later because my hospital was named in the article and obviously they got a bit panicky i was told that my services were no longer required so i lost my nhs job i and by the way i have an impeccable track record in terms of my clinical care getting with my colleagues you know i'm probably an unusual doctor and probably lucky as well because i throughout my whole career
23-year career as a doctor, I've never had a single patient complain, which is unusual. Because that can happen for any reason. It doesn't mean the doctor's done something wrong. So with all of that background, that's what happened. And then I wasn't able to get a job back in the NHS. I applied and got... You got blacklisted. Basically, yeah.
23-year career as a doctor, I've never had a single patient complain, which is unusual. Because that can happen for any reason. It doesn't mean the doctor's done something wrong. So with all of that background, that's what happened. And then I wasn't able to get a job back in the NHS. I applied and got... You got blacklisted. Basically, yeah.
23-year career as a doctor, I've never had a single patient complain, which is unusual. Because that can happen for any reason. It doesn't mean the doctor's done something wrong. So with all of that background, that's what happened. And then I wasn't able to get a job back in the NHS. I applied and got... You got blacklisted. Basically, yeah.
And it doesn't mean that all cardiologists were kind of against me, but the situation arises in hospitals, teaching hospitals. And I know a lot of cardiologists in London because I trained in some of these hospitals and had good relationships with cardiologists there. who respect my opinion.
And it doesn't mean that all cardiologists were kind of against me, but the situation arises in hospitals, teaching hospitals. And I know a lot of cardiologists in London because I trained in some of these hospitals and had good relationships with cardiologists there. who respect my opinion.
And it doesn't mean that all cardiologists were kind of against me, but the situation arises in hospitals, teaching hospitals. And I know a lot of cardiologists in London because I trained in some of these hospitals and had good relationships with cardiologists there. who respect my opinion.
And it would be the case where, say, in a cardiology department of eight people, if seven of us said, it'd be great, let's have a see him here to do clinics and work here for a bit, just one of them would object. No chance, you can't get in.
And it would be the case where, say, in a cardiology department of eight people, if seven of us said, it'd be great, let's have a see him here to do clinics and work here for a bit, just one of them would object. No chance, you can't get in.
And it would be the case where, say, in a cardiology department of eight people, if seven of us said, it'd be great, let's have a see him here to do clinics and work here for a bit, just one of them would object. No chance, you can't get in.
And it was always, it came back to, when I asked the reason, it was, you know, there are antibodies that have been developed against you because of your statins, essentially, right? People are allergic to you because of your opinion on statins. Exactly. So, but also that, so what happened in the case is that, you know, this was a front page news story.
And it was always, it came back to, when I asked the reason, it was, you know, there are antibodies that have been developed against you because of your statins, essentially, right? People are allergic to you because of your opinion on statins. Exactly. So, but also that, so what happened in the case is that, you know, this was a front page news story.
And it was always, it came back to, when I asked the reason, it was, you know, there are antibodies that have been developed against you because of your statins, essentially, right? People are allergic to you because of your opinion on statins. Exactly. So, but also that, so what happened in the case is that, you know, this was a front page news story.
What made the news story, and this is the really interesting bit around the evidence of what happened during the case that I submitted because I was asked to,
What made the news story, and this is the really interesting bit around the evidence of what happened during the case that I submitted because I was asked to,
What made the news story, and this is the really interesting bit around the evidence of what happened during the case that I submitted because I was asked to,
is that the front page linked article said essentially got the Secretary of State for Health at the time called Matt Hancock, you may have heard of him, to say that there is no place in the NHS for these sites of doctors who are spreading misinformation on statins.
is that the front page linked article said essentially got the Secretary of State for Health at the time called Matt Hancock, you may have heard of him, to say that there is no place in the NHS for these sites of doctors who are spreading misinformation on statins.
is that the front page linked article said essentially got the Secretary of State for Health at the time called Matt Hancock, you may have heard of him, to say that there is no place in the NHS for these sites of doctors who are spreading misinformation on statins.