The Power of Protest in Healthcare

Dr Meenal Viz’s book is rich, full of wisdom and a palpable autoethnography of her embodied brown woman’s activism journey, in an unfathomable period in the UK’s history of political failing, on a grand scale. Her moral and ethical drive and conviction grabs you ever increasingly through the chapters. She accurately captures the confusion, fear and devastation during the Covid pandemic, her chronological story telling of the events from her insider viewpoint is not only haunting but gripping at the same time. I could not put the book down, I read it in one sitting; I needed to know what happened next, what did Meenal do next, what was Meenal feeling and thinking. The book ends in hope and guidance. A definite must read for your reading list. – Dr Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou Ph.D., author of Antiracist Occupational Therapy: Unsettling the Status QuoThis is a powerful, emotive book. Meenal Viz’s bravery and courage to protest alone during the pandemic and narrate her experience of activism is one for all healthcare workers to reflect on, especially as healthcare workers continue to be silenced. – Heena Mahmood, Author of Minority Ethnic Voices in Healthcare Professions

Meenal Viz is a doctor, activist, and host of the popular ‘Meenal’s World’ podcast. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Meenal campaigned for the protection of healthcare workers and was featured in the British Vogue September 2020 issue that celebrated activists in the UK. She lives in Gibraltar.