Bushera Choudry

British GP trainer, Chair of DoctorsWorldWide @dwwuk FAMS & AskDoc trustee @askdoc1

[Majid Freeman @Majstar7]

🇵🇸 #Gaza: This statement by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s daughter, Maria Guardiola has put a lot of politicians, celebrities, journalists and others with a platform to shame:

‘My God.

So is this really what we're going to do now? Just sit back and watch a genocide happen on the telly? Then decades from now, when it's in the history books, all look round at each other and ask, 'how did that happen?'

For the first time, I truly understand how mass atrocities have been able to occur throughout history - again, and again, and again. We never learn.

What does the death count need to be before someone finally speaks against this madness and urges restraint, not more arms? 10,000? 100,000?

A million? More? When have enough Palestinians died?

I get that lots of us are scared to speak up. I get we're afraid to say the "wrong thing. But I won't sit by in silence and live with the fact that I never spoke up when an atrocity on this scale was committed because of fear. We can express our complete condemnation for what the Israeli govt are doing and also assert our unwavering belief in the equal value of Palestinian lives, without inciting hatred against Jewish communities - another persecuted people. Indeed, many Jewish and Israeli people, in the midst of their deep grief and knowing the pain of persecution too well, have had the bravery and strength to be the very first to do so.

This is quite simple. We are watching an occupied, oppressed people face annihilation by a nuclear state with the full backing of the western world. This is not - and has never been - an 'equal fight'. Right now, it is a massacre on a scale I don't think I've ever seen in my life.

6,000 bombs dropped in 6 days already. On a strip of land just 25 miles long and 7.5 miles wide at its widest point. Whole neighbourhoods flattened. Families wiped out. Hospitals collapsing under the weight of the casualties. On a population of 2 million - half of them children. 70% of them refugees. And now, the forced movement of 1 million people. A choice of forced migration or death is ethnic cleansing. The fact that it is impossible for that many to leave in that time means that this is now a genocide.

We have gone way, way beyond wishy washy 'praying for peace', 'all life is precious' IG statements, posted to show you've done your bit of performative activism. Show you mean it. If you have any kind of platform right now, please use it. Speak. Because it's becoming glaringly obvious that the world is happy to walk into an unspeakable horror that we didn't even bother to try to prevent.’

#Palestine 🇵🇸

[Central Liverpool Primary Care Network 🏳️‍🌈 @CentralLpoolPCN]

We are proud to present a unique event in partnership with @NML_Muse which will explore specific challenges around equity in health within Black communities.

For more info and to book ticket go to: https://t.co/ZBZRaK94n8 or scan QR code!

#BlackHistoryMonth

[Shehla Imtiaz-Umer @drshehlaiu]

📣 Calling all healthcare leaders, professionals, and advocates! Excited to announce the release of "ABC of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare" published by @WileyGlobal. Available to order or download now @amazon https://t.co/LItiH5bFd7 and all major bookstores.

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

Around 1 in 4 adults in the UK have high blood pressure, but many don’t know it. It can increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Find out how to get checked, understand what your numbers mean and how to manage your risk. #WorldHypertensionDay https://t.co/IIFSXhc0qZ

[Bushera Choudry @BusheraChoudry]

Unacceptable!

[AskMyDoc @askmydocuk]

Fantastic event in Rochdale with lots of positive feedback.
Great to collaborate with @aspire2inspirec and brilliant to see our AskMyDoc Student society in action!

#WomensHealth #AskMyDoc

[Enam Haque @enamhaque31]

All set for our @askmydocuk health check for women at @didsburymosque

Delighted to have our year 2 medical students attending to support the work. This is our first ever CEPA 2 sign up, an opportunity for students to support the local community.
#ServiceLearning @Medicine_UoM

[Hussain Mahmood @Mhussainm1712]

I have been invited to discuss this “epidemic” (BMJ 2022) and explore why medical complications develop with frequent nitrous oxide use. Please share and join us if you’re local to Slough #healthawareness #PublicHealth #MedTwitter #Slough #drugawareness #drugfreeyouth

[AskMyDoc @askmydocuk]

AskMyDoc Slough Lead Dr Hussain Mahmood is working with local police and community organisations to deliver this important event:

Not a Laughing Matter - Nitros Oxide (laughing gas)

🗓 Sunday 26th Feb
⏰ 4:15pm
📍 Faizan E Madina, Slough, SL3 8LA

[Ibrar Majid @ibrarmajid21]

Great meeting between colleagues and friends @yyd_en and @dwwuk to plan for our response to #turkiyeearthquake. A chance to reacquaint, share and learn @TariqCheema @NajeebR777 @shazaadah @MonowaraGani

[Doctors Worldwide @dwwuk]

Thousands of buildings have been destroyed, and survivors are now homeless, facing the freezing cold. With the death toll already rising above 5,000, we are currently assessing the situation to identify the best needs-based response possible.

#Turkey #TurkeyQuake #Earthquake

[Doctors Worldwide @dwwuk]

Right now in #Kahramanmaras, #Turkey

[Doctors Worldwide @dwwuk]

Turkey Earthquake Emergency:

Ozan Mutlu from DWW Turkey (@yyd_en) is currently at #Kahramanmaras, distributing #hygiene kits. Meanwhile, more of our team on the ground are travelling to other cities, both for distribution and assessments.

#Turkey #TurkeyQuake #Earthquake

[AskMyDoc @askmydocuk]

Our co-chair Dr @BusheraChoudry delivered a fantastic keynote presentation recently at the BMHC on health inequalities through the lens of South Asian women drawing upon her own experiences. Inspiring, passionate and motivational as always...

[Enam Haque @enamhaque31]

Underfunded
Understaffed
The Tories hate the #NHS
They also hate staff & patients

[Maqsood G Ahmad @786maq]

Come and join us and find out more about the Greater Manchester Genes Project: Oldham Workshop. @ChauhanZahid @DrTariqChauhan @amirhannan @GeneticBill @NHSgms

[Doctors Worldwide @dwwuk]

Many women across #Pakistan have lost all their belongings in addition to their access to basic resources –which is why it is essential to distribute our #menstrual hygiene kits to impacted #women across Pakistan.

Donate now: https://t.co/kuhs6dWdFL

#justgiving #periodpoverty

[Bushera Choudry @BusheraChoudry]

Beautiful

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

"What unites us here, in this moment, is so much greater than what divides us."

Morgan Freeman to Ghanim Al Muftah at the #WorldCup2022 opening ceremony. The Arabic is from the Quran, chapter 49 verse 13, which talks about humanity being one 🙏