Dr. Aseem Malhotra

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 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 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 was no place in the NHS for these sites of doctors who are spreading misinformation on statins.

Now, interestingly, and of course, one of the most extraordinary bits in the actual newspaper, the editorial from the health editor headline was, there is a special place in hell

for doctors who say statins don't work.

Okay.

And then imagine a picture of me, Zoe Arkham, and Harkam, right?

Exactly, right?

I mean, I find it funny, to be honest.

I mean, of course, a lot of other people were more upset than I was.

In fact, the former Queen of England's doctor

and the past president of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir Richard Thompson, who I'm friends with.

I mean, he called me up and he was so upset.