Sonia Basson
@SoniaBasson
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Paediatric Surgeon. NHS. Wanderer. Global health. Marathon runner. Yogi. Medway beginnings. Music is the proof of existence of the divine. ๐
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Joined March 2012
Lady with long hair, "Over the summer we had riots and vigilante groups here and a lot of politicians came out and said these people have legitimate concerns" "We've had 28 women murdered in the last five years" "It seems there is less appetite to come out and riot when the
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer @MichelleMone - who today rightly (& wonderfully) lost her legal case - dares to claim sheโs been โscapegoatedโ. What,
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Stephen Lawrence would have turned 51 today. RIP ๐๏ธ
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Anti migration and multiculturalism people enjoying food stands that exist only because of migration and multiculturalism is ๐ https://t.co/yVHuh0nvO6
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West Midlands police are asking anyone with information to come forward. Full story here: https://t.co/dZGZD71c5N. 2/
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The two men involved are reported to have made a racist remark during the attack in Oldbury.
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@Wimbledon Here is the extended version. Whats it like to play in front of 'you know who?' ๐
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What a momentโฆwhat an opener! Oasis are back in the big time. #oasislive25 ๐ธ | @BaggyMondays
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The World Health Organisation managed to evacuate 19 children from Gaza today, all in urgent need of medical procedures. But with the health care system largely in ruins, it's a tiny fraction of the number who desperately need to leave for treatment.
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ALEXANDRA EALA ๐ต๐ญ after losing to Joint in Eastbourne : โItโs my 1st WTA final. Itโs a big deal for me. For my country too because itโs historic. Itโs the first time any Filipino has done anything. Thatโs why Iโm so emotional. But itโs only the first.โ๐ฅน
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iโm so proud of @LewisCapaldi for fighting to do what he loves despite his struggles, heโs such an inspiration ๐ฅน๐ค #lewiscapaldi #glastonbury
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What Lewis Capaldi has just done at Glastonbury is gonna save lives. Anyone with anxiety, depression, anyone believing that their lives are over. Theyโve just watched literal proof that itโs not. What a legend ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
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Just another reason Iโm proud to work for @Channel4
BREAKING: Channel 4 announces it is airing Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. The film - produced by @BasementFilmsย - forensically examines allegations that healthcare workers including doctors have been targeted by Israeli forces. Watch this important piece of journalism Wed at 10pm
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Only 30% of pall care is NHS funded. Given today's vote, @Keir_Starmer, will you least commit to dramatically increasing palliative care provision so that patients don't "choose" to end their lives because we don't give them the care that might make life worth living?
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Five-year-old Ward Khalil miraculously walked through flames to safety after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. She survived but her mother, brothers and sisters didnโt. This is her road to recovery. Warning: Distressing images
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"The bulk of what we're seeing is either a burn, which is 50% of them, major heat burns.. lots of them in children.. lots of small children with huge burns... hands blown off.. feet blown off is a very common injury here..." British surgeon Victoria Rose speaking from Gaza
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British surgeons Graeme Groom and Victoria Rose explained the aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed nine children of Palestinian doctors Alaa al-Najjar and Hamdi al-Najjar in Khan Younis on Friday
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