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'''Ramesh Mehta''' [[OBE]]is an Indian | '''Ramesh Mehta''' [[OBE]] is an Indian [[paediatrician]] at [[Bedford Hospital]], and president of the [[British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin]] (BAPIO), in the United Kingdom. | ||
Mehta was born | ==Biography== | ||
Ramesh Mehta was born in 1947 in a village in central India. From the age of seven, he aspired to become a doctor. Prior to immigrating to the United Kingdom in 1981, he undertook his undergraduate training at the [[Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur|Government Medical College and Hospital]], Nagpur, where he completed his postgraduate paediatrics training. Following additional training in the UK, he was appointed consultant paediatrician at [[Bedford Hospital]] in 1993. Three years later he became clinical director of the paediatric directorate and supported the design of the mother and baby unit. He developed children's rheumatology services, prior to joining as honorary consultant in paediatric rheumatology at [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]]. He was a tutor at the [[University of Cambridge]] and at the [[Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health]] (RCPCH), of which he was its council member and a negotiator between the Indian Academy of Paediatrics and RCPCH.<ref name=Nurt>{{cite web|url=http://www.nurturingthenation.org.uk/biography/doctors/2.3/ramesh-mehta/17.html|title=Ramesh Mehta|publisher=Nurturing the Nation|version=2.3|accessdate=24 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
In 1996, he founded the [[British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin]] (BAPIO),<ref name="HCE2007">{{cite book |title=Modernising Medical Careers: Third Report of Session 2007-08, Vol. 3: Oral and Written Evidence: 3rd Report of session 2007-2008 |publisher=The Stationery Office |isbn=978-0-215-51504-9 |page=50 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Modernising_Medical_Careers/HASVzq7DqxMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ramesh+Mehta&pg=PA57&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> and was its president in 2015, when BAPIO lost the landmark case against the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]], a judgement that Judge Justice Mitting called a ‘moral victory’.<ref name=GPonline>{{cite news|url=https://www.gponline.com/interview-bapios-dr-ramesh-mehta-making-csa-exam-fair/article/1348386|author=David Millett|title=Interview with BAPIO's Dr Ramesh Mehta: Making the CSA exam fair|website=GP|date=22 May 2015|accessdate=24 November 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He is secretary general of the [[Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin]] (GAPIO).<ref name=Nurt/> | |||
In 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the UK]], Mehta wrote to the UK home secretary requesting that international medical professionals be exempt from the [[Health and Care Worker visa]], also known as the 'NHS visa'.<ref name="Rimmer">{{cite journal |last1=Rimmer |first1=Abi |title=Covid-19: International staff are considered vital to NHS’s efforts, survey finds |journal=BMJ |date=13 May 2020 |volume=369 |pages=m1933 |doi=10.1136/bmj.m1933 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1933 |language=en |issn=1756-1833|doi-access=free }}</ref> The following year, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]], he announced an online support plan by doctors of Indian origin living in the UK to help in remote towns and villages in India, including free online evaluations of [[X-Rays]] and [[CT scans]]. In addition they would raise funds for [[oxygen concentrator]]s.<ref name="Bhatia2021">{{cite news |last1=Bhatia |first1=Shyam |title=UK-Based NRI Doctors Pledge Free Online Assistance to Professionals Fighting COVID in India |url=https://thewire.in/world/uk-based-nri-doctors-pledge-free-online-assistance-to-professionals-fighting-covid-in-india |access-date=11 May 2021 |work=The Wire |date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511182817/https://thewire.in/world/uk-based-nri-doctors-pledge-free-online-assistance-to-professionals-fighting-covid-in-india |archive-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Selected publications== | |||
*{{cite journal |title=Self-reported Occupational Risk for COVID-19 in Hospital Doctors from Black Asian & Minority Ethnic Communities in UK |journal=The Physician |date=9 May 2020 |volume=6 |issue=1 |doi=10.38192/1.6.1.9 |url=https://physicianjnl.net/index.php/phy/article/view/13 |language=en |issn=2732-5148|doi-access=free }} (Co-author) | |||
*{{cite journal |title=An Online Survey of Healthcare Professionals in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: : |journal=Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion |date=23 April 2020 |volume=13 |issue=2 |doi=10.38192/13.2.9 |url=http://sushrutajnl.net/index.php/sushruta/article/view/34 |language=en |issn=2732-5164|doi-access=free }} (Co-author) | |||
*{{cite journal|title=Does Gender or Religion Contribute to the Risk of COVID-19 in Hospital Doctors in the UK? |journal=Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion |date=20 June 2020 |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.38192/13.3.1 |url=http://sushrutajnl.net/index.php/sushruta/article/view/60 |language=en |issn=2732-5164|doi-access=free }} (Co-author) | |||
*{{cite journal |title=Differential Attainment in Summative Assessments within Postgraduate Medical Education & Training: |journal=Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion |date=9 August 2020 |volume=13 |issue=3 |doi=10.38192/13.3.15 |url=http://sushrutajnl.net/index.php/sushruta/article/view/89 |language=en |issn=2732-5164|doi-access=free }} (Co-author) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | |||
*{{URL|bapio.co.uk/about-bapio/}} | |||
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