Physicians, heal yourselves (part 1)

An interview with one of the few UK doctors publicly speaking up for basic medical ethics

May 11, 2024

Dear Church Leaders (and everyone else)

With a view to helping people to understand some of the context for what has happened over the past few years, I recommend this video.

It features Neil Oliver — perhaps best known as the presenter of BBC’s Coast programme — interviewing Ahmad Malik, a UK orthopaedic consultant surgeon who hosts the Doc Malik Honest Health podcast:

The whole hour — or 40 minutes at a watchable 1.5x speed — is worthwhile. But if you want just a few minutes, I suggest the segments at 27:17-29:31 and 30:37-34:51, the transcripts of which are below:

Starting at 27:17:

Doc Malik: I’m very upset with my medical profession and colleagues because, going back to the last few crazy years, I think we’ve seen how medical ethics have been completely demolished.
But the reality is [that] it wasn’t the last few years that did it. All the last few years did… was expose what was already there. People today are not really getting informed consent. People today don’t have bodily autonomy. People today are being misled by doctors who don’t actually say the [Hippocratic] Oath…
And this whole premise of “First do no harm” is a complete nonsense…
When… the doctors… say, “First do no harm”, what they actually mean is: “Do no harm to my licence. Do no harm to my income. Do no harm to my reputation... Do no harm to my standing in the community. Do no harm to my career. Do no harm to my mistress. Do no harm to my holidays. Do no harm to my kids’ private schooling. And maybe then, if it comes down to it, do no harm to my patients. But only if I’m sticking to the guidelines.”
That’s… the reality of the situation we live in today.
Neil Oliver: As a consumer of… the NHS, that’s harrowing to listen to… Over the last few years… via conversations with yourself and others I've… more than had.. the curtain drawn back… I've heard some of this… from you… and from others…

And then continuing at 30:37:

How many doctors do you think are in the UK… registered with the GMC [General Medical Council, regulator of UK doctors]? …Every doctor who’s got a licence…
I would imagine tens of thousands…
Something like 370,000…
370,000!? Wow…
…Some might not be working. Some might be in pharma. Some might be this… or that… [but] it’s quite a lot…
Yes, that’s… an order of magnitude up from what I was expecting. I’ve never contemplated that question before.
Let’s make it 350,000… You’d imagine there’d be quite a wide variety of thoughts, opinions and beliefs in that group… even if… there’s a minority, that minority view would still be probably in the tens of thousands?
Yes, I would expect to hear a range of opinions about how things ought to be.
Right, so now think about how many doctors you know in the UK who have spoken against the official government narrative regarding the last few years.
Well, I’m in… [an] almost unique situation… As you know… I take part in [discussions] which specifically attract contrary, dissenting voices, so I’m hearing from… literally a handful of people… which will be many more dissenting voices than the vast majority of people have heard.
So we're talking about in the UK only… we're talking about… somewhere between five and ten… who are going against the official government narrative and speaking publicly.
Now with the… laws of probability that’s impossible. You cannot have that small a number of people disagreeing out of 350,000 — or 370,000 — people. That means that there is a sizeable chunk of people who also agree with what we are saying but are not saying it. And that begs the question: Why are they not saying it?
And I'll tell you why. [It’s] because of that “First do no harm” [that I spoke about earlier].
They're too scared to say something because they know what will happen to them. They will either get referred to the GMC, struck off, or lose their job, or their practising privileges… So to preserve their income and their career they have chosen to stay quiet and [have] ignored the central tenet of medical ethics which is… First do no harm.
So the next time you go and see a doctor — in A&E or in the GP practice or in the minor injuries unit — how in… full confidence do you know, when they are advising you or your child or your parent about a certain course of action, [that] they’re actually recommending what’s in your best interest, and not actually what’s in their best interest which will protect their licence and their income? Because it could be that what is in your best interest will get them into trouble. And if it gets them into trouble then they’re not going to be happy. So they might say, “Well… I’ll just go along and do as I’m told because the guidelines tell me to.”
And the reality is [that] if you get sick or die… through a protocol or a guideline, no doctor will get pulled up for that. The doctor will be protected. But the moment a doctor does something for you, and… something happens to you, and it was outside the guideline, the whole weight of the machinery will come down on that doctor and punish them, and say, “That’s because of you, that’s your fault,” and make an example of [them]. So this is terrifying where we are right now, and it doesn’t matter if you’re private or in the NHS — it’s the same [situation].

Food for thought.

I will share some further thoughts in a follow-up post.

Meanwhile, I recommend Doc Malik’s podcasts (two-minute introduction here). Not least for the occasional conversation in relation to spiritual awakening.

For example, try this one with former professional footballer and goalscorer extraordinaire Matt Le Tissier (from 5:30 onwards; particularly from 25:50-29:43 and 38:48-42:11):

Or this one with car enthusiast and podcaster Geoff Buys Cars (starts at 15:26; particularly from 2:21:55-2:25:55):

Or this one with physicist Alex Kriel re smart meters and recent events (particularly 25:44-28:11 and 32:10-34:54):

Others that I have found particularly informative and/or thought-provoking include (in alphabetical order):

Buck Angel, a female living as a man, discussing transgender issues
Journalist Vanessa Beeley on what you won’t hear on the BBC about the Middle East (NB Wikipedia describes her as “known for sharing conspiracy theories”, which perhaps tells you all you need to know — if covid is anything to go by, “conspiracy theories” are more like spoiler alerts)

Swiss doctor Thomas Binder on his extraordinary experience of persecution as a doctor speaking out during the covid era
Former professor of translation science Dolores Cahill on covid and the law
Regenerative beef farmer Jonathan Chapman and the impact of farming practices on the environment
Diagnostic pathologist Clare Craig on why much of what we have been told about covid is wrong
Ivor Cummins (from 04:55), a biochemical engineer and a leading expert on chronic disease prevention, with a big-picture analysis of what has been going on for the last few years
Former equity portfolio manager Ed Dowd on the epidemic of sudden deaths
Retired nurse Debi Evans on what the NHS was like and how it could be
Scientist Chris Exley, arguably the world’s leading authority on aluminium
Singer-songwriter Five Times August (see e.g. “Jesus… what happened to us?”)
Criminologist Josh Guetzkow re the Middle East and the “bait and switch” re mRNA injections
Obesity researcher Zoe Harcombe re the cholesterol myth and the dangers of statins
Canadian doctor Charles Hoffe on the extent of his persecution as a doctor speaking out during the covid era
Vaccine researcher Brian Hooker on the science of vaccines
C J Hopkins, an American political satirist, playwright, novelist, and columnist living in Berlin, who was persecuted for speaking out against the covid narrative
Retired paediatrician Ros Jones, in a podcast notable for the revelation (1:07:05-1:08:10) that people were referred to the UK government’s anti-terrorism unit for signing a letter expressing reservations about covid injections for children
Doctor Eashwarran Kohilathas on why he left medicine
Jane Lewis on women and the menopause
Biological dentist Seb Lomas on all aspects of dental health
Doctor William Makis on turbo cancers
Retired headteacher Hugh McCarthy on the sexualisation of children
Computer Science and Statistics professor Martin Neil on the apparent disappearance of flu during the covid era
Tom Nelson, producer of Climate the Movie, on the climate narrative
Author Fergus O’Connor Greenwood on how to unlearn the lies you’ve been taught to believe
Lawyer and author Rune Ostgard on monetary systems and their impact on freedom
Former banker Mads Palsvig on money, taxes and banking
An expert on pharma supply chains Hedley Rees on what is wrong with the pharmaceutical industry
Lawyer Aaron Siri on child vaccination
Montgomery Toms, an 18-year-old who pushed back against the covid tyranny

Among others. Some of the best ones are behind a paywall (£5.50/month or £55/year), but there’s plenty on offer for free. And they’re listenable at 1.5x speed if that helps.

As ever, nullius in verba. Perhaps pick one and have a listen. See what you think.

Update: see also this conversation (May 2024) with Andrew Bridgen MP

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