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Jayshree Pillaye

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Retired GP and Public Health doctor social medicine,inequalities, Black and minority ethnic health. #ProudlyTamil . RT and Following does not imply endorsement

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Joined November 2010
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@Leon_Schreib Your opening sentence was uncalled for -especially by a Minister. The @ATMovement_SA make a valid point. All that was needed was an explanation as to how you are going to safeguard and promote skills for South African citizens particularly as there is such a large unemployment
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@emilycpb Emily I have read your comments and thread with great sadness. I qualified in 1972 and worked long hours as a houseman 24 hour shifts, a whole week on call. But someone senior was always in the background. Most of all the nurses were supportive. NHS culture must change to survive
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@jfjoubert How very sad that the country cannot protect those who protect the country from fraud corruption and safety
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7 months
@YSTeachingNHS I take another view on the individual involved. They clearly did not realise the impact of their words and needs to learn. Most of us reacted with good humour although it was offensive and had its roots in disparaging cultural habits of BME communities. The trust should raise
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 months
@JacquiMckenzie6 This resonated with me as I was having a pedicure yesterday and there was great camaraderie amongst staff and the ethnic diverse clients. We spoke about holidays and the staff mainly from #FarEast were mentioning the problems they experienced on re-entering after returning from
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 months
@ShaunLintern @GSTTnhs Nothing new. Using med students as cleaners, porters, doing ECGs ets. But #Floorwalking is quite new
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 years
Someone who acquires wealth by hereditary from taxpayer to perform 'duties' for charities financially supported by the public and volunteers and to make a lot of money for newspaper moguls in the process
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What is a 'working Royal'?
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
Today I am 75 years. Having a brunch at @TheQuilon . Food from my childhood. South West Indian.
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Jayshree Pillaye
7 months
@Dr_BellaR @UKFPO The way we treat young doctors influences their decision whether to remain in the NHS or leave
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@JacquiMckenzie6 It broke my heart when I worked as a GP in Brent to find patients who lived from a young age to their adult working life suddenly finding they had to prove they had a right to be here. I deeply regret thinking it was random and not identifying it as an #Epidemos by #HomeOffice
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 months
@RachelCDailey Wonderful world of we can get it wrong but you must play by the rules even if we get it wrong. Do not let them get away with it
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Jayshree Pillaye
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The part of South Africa the media will not show you because it destroys the narrative.
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@Peston Just asking for a friend -Was he the one who showed leadership qualities and went on holiday after the elections were called?
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 years
@nazirafzal Why are some besotted with public school.I accidentally ended up working at a fancy hospital mainly for rich people. With huge fanfare a new doctor who went to Eton&Oxbridge was heralded.I was right not to be fazed.He was incompetent. He did not turn up one day-was high on drugs
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@Majstar7 @JonAshworth @5Pillarsuk @mendcommunity @CAGEintl @ShareefaEnergy @ibn_shabbir @darshnasoni @Ismailadampatel @Lowkey0nline @swilkinsonbc @Alhamdhulillaah @JonAshworth should heed his #BossStarmer response to the #BettingScandal “the politics of self entitlement, where politicians are sort of in it for themselves”. He should have acknowledged the questioner and not gaslight about bullying and intimidation
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
We were in medical school together. He was my friend. I loved him, his politics, his smile. I remain a Bikoist
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Lorenzo Davids
3 years
On this day, 12 September 1977, Dr Steve Biko was murdered by the Apartheid Security Police. He was found naked and shackled on a hospital floor in Pretoria. We remember his life today.
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@BiancavanWyk16 My heart just bleeds reading this. There needs to be a full investigation about what was done to protect female students in this school #SafeguardingIssues . How and why was the case withdrawn in 2023. You commit a crime you get charged and the law takes over I am not a lawyer
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@timricketts_ I read the whole thread and I am not sure if I am worried about you (motherlike) or glad you solved the problem of a date you should not have dated😊
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@Abramjee Awful. RIP. Condolences to Family🙏🙏🙏
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4 years
@Frankie_Mack Why no mask
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@ksb79 @BorisJohnson Maybe you should have suggested to the patient to have his consultation @10DowningStreet and follow their advice
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
Today is 13 years since my #Amma passed away. My mother was a graceful elegant but strong woman sending 9 children to higher education - 6 in #publicservice as now are many of her grandchildren. Mostly in health and social services. #Humbling but #Proud
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@liambarker Love the colour of suit. Not quite sure about top
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
Today my youngest brother would have been 71 years. He dud of mesothelioma 5 years ago. He was my best friend. I miss him so
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 months
@womenforchange5 This is so sad. #RIPDeveney . Condolences to the family. Did the teachers and classmates not miss her. So many questions @womenforchange5
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 months
@Peston @AnushkaAsthana One can and should negotiate with an enemy, but not with people who have the power to manipulate or catapult you
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 months
@womenforchange5 🙏 RIP. Another child to suffer such a brutal terrorising death just for being a girl. Deep heartfelt condolences to the family
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@drkeithsiau I have not seen a single case - or have I missed it- about half a century of med school + doctoring😄
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@VelempiniN The emasculation of Non-White men. There were high suicide rates amongst Indian men who worked on the sugar cane fields in KZN in 1880s -
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@EdTurnham That is 100% non-NHS doctors who intervened.
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Jayshree Pillaye
1 year
@Parody_RCGP Dear Consultant Thank you for your request for a call back. We regret that due numerous requests from hospital secretaries to write letters about how to prioritise their long waiting list we are unable to call back. We are happy to provide additional clinical info if requested
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@DrSelvarajah Selva my late mother after few days in Scotland asked me why did I not work in Scotland. There was no medical school for non-whites until 1952 in SA.Most Indian and Black medical pioneers studied in Scotland. Famous was Dr Goonam who wrote "The Coolie Doctor"
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@SholaMos1 I normally agree with many of your opinions on #Racism . This time I disagree. I think it is the first time during this election @RishiSunak has had to rethink #Racism . You could not have missed some of the comments from the media and some in his own party which bordered on
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@simpra2802 @Leon_Schreib @ATMovement_SA The #GNU must work. #Respect will go a long way to cohabitation of #GNU
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
I recollect with sadness the awful experiences that refugees related to me from many countries but those from Bosnia and Tamilians from Sri Lanka were the most heart rendering
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Dharsha Jegatheeswaran
2 years
Thinking today of the Tamil families of the disappeared who have spent over a decade seeking truth and justice for atrocities committed under the man now fleeing Sri Lanka. Gotabaya fleeing isn’t justice, or even meaningful reform, but it is something. (1/2) #SriLankaProtests
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@ashoswai The teacher needs to be educated about #Educating
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 months
@SangitaMyska #RIP #Life taken so early so sadly so senselessly. Feel great sadness for families
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 months
@MayorPappas Hope you get a significant post in KZN
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 months
@moribunddr I am so sorry to read this. Speakvto Ocvupational Health begite you make a decision. I was once in a similar position except I loved being a doctor and loved my work. I found occupational health helpful in helping me to leave and move to a specialty I enjoyed very much. I send
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@carolvorders @RishiSunak While we recognise your disgust for the Tories, your tawdry tweets directed personally against @RishiSunak is cheap and shoddy, and debases your persona
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@HeidiGiokos Oh no no no. This is beyond hurtful to the family and repugnant to society
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
My Uni friends. #SteveBiko in the bottom picture with a cigarette. My dear friend from premed until his death #GoolamAbraham bottom left. Difficult tines at Uni during apartheid. Would not have survived without #SupportiveFriends
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@DrSelvarajah So desperately sorry to hear about your family's nightmare escape route. Having worked with refugees from war torn zones it is unbelievable to hear about the resilience of parents to protect their children and the impetus of children to cope. 🙏🙏
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Jayshree Pillaye
1 year
@morefluids I really am sorry to read this. Unacceptable. If reqd get a letter from your GP/specialist addressed to the principal. I feel upset for you. As a retired GP I found teachers considerate for children with #CF or other legitimate reasons for absence from school
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Jayshree Pillaye
7 months
@nazirafzal Every time one quotes this woman the more publicity she gets.
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
Home from Home from home. @ a resort on the border of KZN and Eastern Cape. Peaceful with background of swishing waves
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
The looting of shops during protests is a greater societal problem than meets the eye via @mailandguardian
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@DrHannahBB Virtual hugs Hannah. Just because you did not meet some arbitrary generic standard is not failure. Most of us have been there. My feeling about the British medical system it feels sometimes like that exams are a pass to institutions like Royal Colleges💐💐💐
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
@MikeWarrington7 One can also be Black British citizens born and bred - just saying. And your GP may just be one. Just saying
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Jayshree Pillaye
7 months
Today is my eldest sister's birthday. She is 84years. My mother sent her to higher education despite protests from my paternal family who as was the custom to stop educating girls after the age of puberty. The first female educated from both sides of the family and made it easier
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 months
@TheTruthPanther Hope she has the best care and recovers. Wishing her and her family well. #ProtectthoseProtectingtheCountry
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
At my 5th booster yesterday,a voice behind said I know that voice. It was someone I worked with 25years ago. She said she always remembers me telling her "Don't sell yourself short". Motivated she is now in a senior position in NHS. I did not use the word racism but she knew
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 years
My eldest sister is 81 years old today. Our mentor. First female on both sides of the family to go to Uni. My Mother prevailed in spite of protestations from my father's side of family
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Jayshree Pillaye
1 year
@Haylz_Hoff My great grandmother came from Chennai, my parent were born in South Africa. I have lived in Denmark Germany and now in UK. Still #ProudlySouthAfrican
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@LondonAllergy I am getting fed up having to live through the limitation of others because I do not fulfil their stereotype of me
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
@Liz_ORiordan So sorry about your loss. As for clearing- with #Love and #ViciousDecluttering
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
My Papa who died 50years ago 2years before I qualified always said "Know your limits"while my mother translated to"Do not let others put limitations on you". Both my parents instilled in us never to live off the unhappiness of others. #HappyFathersDay2021 .
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 months
@LBC @SuellaBraverman I have a dream that you are being replaced by #SangitaMyska . Do you think dreams can become reality?
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@NIAbbot #WelcometomyWorld 😀. My late mother would have said at least you got a house , a car and a garage...and what is wifi and 4G. Her famous retort was there is always someone worse than you. We could never win
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
My sister with her family. Her son's horse Amerna worn a race @GreyvilleRaceCourse yesterday. My father's dream bestowed on his grandsonthe. The day of every July Handicap my father used to ask if we dreamt and try to work out the winners😄
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Jayshree Pillaye
1 year
@jfjoubert He is in prison. But most of us especially women feel the pain and fear the Reeva must have experienced before her murder, feel for Reeva's parents and we dismayed that GBV continues unabated the world over
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@_helenmartin_ So sorry for your loss. Condolences to you and your family
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@BladeoftheS My kitchen - 18 years
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@Peston Mr Peston did you forget to add advisor to Mr Gove. Would have spoilt your news
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@soph_eeee Congratulations Impressed - never ever hang on - dump him first if there is a next time
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@eveosh @TanaDJoseph Unacceptable. More importantly what did you do? We must not perpetuate insolence in the workplace or be complicit in promoting racism by not speaking out
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
@sleepy__doc Best use of gag reflex I say.
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Jayshree Pillaye
1 year
@SunflowerSrina Why do you hate yourself so much?
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 years
Vuyelwa and I started med school together. We used to listen to music on her family's old gramophone. I came from UK for her service at med school and met her family.
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Zikhona Valela
4 years
Ntsiki Biko keeps a low profile but she met her husband Steve through her cousin and founding secretary general of SASO Vuyelwa Mashalaba. She advances the ideas of the Black Community Programs through the foundation she established in her late husband's memory.
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@doctorrah Systems failure and a busy unit can affect anyone. That aside how can the GMC suspend a doctor who continued to provide a sterling care esp during the pandemic 4yrs after the said case. Lesson to take do not multitask or take shortcuts. The System will not back you when it fails
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@mwelimasilela Where is the army?
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3 years
@VelempiniN Some of my GP colleagues in London complained about SA whites escaping Post-apartheid to UK in early 90' They complained they were so demanding. On the other hand the NHS was staffed by a high proportion of white SA doctors.
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
My niece with #ArchbishopDesmondTutu on 2010 at the #CradleofHumankind SA
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@nazirafzal I enjoyed listening to you. We need more people in "power" to know about the reality of people at grassroot level
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
Completing #eConsult made me cry. Had to fill things recently updated in my records. Irrelevant info asked about my query. Kept getting red alert phone emerg/111 Why can we not tel and ask for a tel consult. GPs #complainnotre111triage @DrSelvarajah @DrSimonHodes @Parody_RCGP
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@Dr_BellaR "Normal" reaction. Not everyone reveals their true feelings, but outwardly show what is expected. Thanks for sharing
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 years
My ancestors brought as slaves but called indentured Labourers by the British from Chennai and Pondicherry to Durban South Africa 160 years ago
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3 years
@DrSelvarajah @iThamizhi The tragic events in Ukraine have triggered painful memories of treating #Refugees from Bosnia, Sri Lanka Afghanistan, Somalia, and Syria. I am reflecting how much worse it must be for people who have escaped war zones.War is the antithesis of humanity
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
This was sent to me by one of my class mates. Yes we qualified half a century ago. Just 5 females Nov 1972. This pic was in the Post.
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 years
@valavoosh Another Black pioneer not included in our education. Would have made and will make an excellent role model. Thank you for sharing
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Jayshree Pillaye
4 months
@PoliticsPollss All polls should have None of the Above, Not sure. You are excluding majority of voters
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
Good morning. #Hollyhock surprise today
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Jayshree Pillaye
2 years
@amc88ken An unnecessary and hurtful statement. Interesting I noted no comment on her politics
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@fesshole Hooray for her
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 months
In my front garden. #hydrangea . Garden full of pink and purple this year
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@BladeoftheS Has he really been stopped. Was it the way he dressed?
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@DrSelvarajah Working as a GP and in Public Health in some of the most deprived parts of London was heartbreaking to see many White and Black-Caribbean and Bangladeshi teens feeling so excluded from society. Many could not read/write and I helped with various forms -1
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
@African_Spring Agree. Youth unemployment shows a failure of government. Channelling funds into training, skills building, apprenticeships is a way forward.
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Jayshree Pillaye
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@jfjoubert But she sat in a #WhitesOnly parliament !
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Jayshree Pillaye
3 years
It is the senseless loss of lives, many young, is the saddest part. Then the fear and trauma affecting people who felt they were threatened. Health workers who could not go to work. Ill patients fending for themselves. The human cost cannot be quantified🙏😭
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You have looted your local mall, you relatives who worked there are now unemployed, saps has collected all the stolen goods. So, what's the plan now??
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@DasenThathiah @SAPoliceService So very sad. Condolences to both families. #Tragic
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