Dr Savi's Media Watch

This week we met Dr Peter Chada and leading nutritionist Paola Miari. We explored:  

It is always good to talk to specialists.

This week we met Am Golhar - Media, PR and Digital Media expert and Chief Supt Raj Kohli. We discussed the Positive and Negative aspects of Social Media, in the context of: 1 - considering if social media is truly a facilitator for democracy, 2 - does it act as an effective tool for communication and 3 - how or if social media is adapting to the 'new normal'.

This week we met Kam Khatker from Lotus Wellbeing Clinic. We had a wonderful opportunity to talk about how she helped patients during the lockdown, including balancing family life. She's now also a primary lead for the UK Governments Test and Trace service. It was great to gain insights into how we can continue to stay safe whilst the virus sadly is still with us / circulating in society!

This week we met Min Kaur - Journalist, reporter, researcher and producer. We spoke about the challenges of researching, celebrating lock-down heroes and some of her up and coming projects

This week we met Sukhi Wahiwala & Gary Setterfield. We spoke about the need for optimism, taking time to reflect & building business confidence as the lock-down eases.

This week we feature an interview with Del Singh - TV star, Fitness fan, charity fund raiser for the NHS and also the person who tied Kabir Bedi's turban in the James Bond movie: Octopussy! We also spoke about remembering the struggles of our parents and the challenges of racism today.

This week we met the famous and inspiring couple Magic Singh and Pavan (The Henna Bar). We spoke about innovating services under lock-down & the power of connecting internationally via virtual / social media.

This week I interviewed Jatinder Palaha (https://www.jatinderpalaha.com) and Jo Sidhu QC (http://www.josidhu.com) we discussed: #science, #technology, #digital, #tracking, tracing #COVID and #government (inc: the need for honesty and integrity in policy making and how scientific data and scientists are being relied upon).

This week we met with Dr Gaggan Singh Alg (British Sikh Doctors Organisation ) and Gurpreet Singh (President of Shepherds Bush Gurdwara). Together we discussed how the British Sikh Doctors Organisation supports its members through mentoring & and much valued community health screening programmes. In addition, how they advised and donated a defibrillator for Shepherds Bush Gurdwara - and ongoing advice on how social distancing will work as places of worship begin to reopen after the Corona virus enforced lockdown.

This week I had the honour of interviewing 3 Doctors (Dr Rajinderpal Singh, Dr Sarabpreet Singh and Dr Talwinder Singh Gill) on the NHS front line. We discussed understanding why BAME patients appear to have a greater risk of infection, challenges on the front line for example Clinicians mental health & how the public can be careful as the lock-down loosens.