A militant junior doctor who’s pushed for a series of devastating NHS strikes thinks we live in a ‘white supremacist patriarchy’, it was revealed today.
Kayode Oki sits on the British Medical Association’s ruling council, which has spent months plotting walk-outs that have brought the ailing health service to a standstill in pursuit of a 35 per cent pay rise.
He has also personally attacked fellow doctors for their ‘willingness to prop up white supremacist rhetorics’ on Twitter and claimed those from Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds ‘are sometimes the biggest purporters of white supremacy’.
Dr Oki, who is a foundation year junior doctor, brands himself an a ‘socialist trouble-maker’, according to The Sun.
And, according to unearthed tweets from 2021, he has also said white women ‘scare me’.
Kayode Oki sits on the British Medical Association’s ruling council, which has spent months plotting walk-outs that have brought the ailing health service to a standstill in pursuit of a 35 per cent pay rise
Dr Oki, who is a foundation year junior doctor, calls himself as a ‘socialist trouble-maker’, according to The Sun
He also tweeted that he refuses to ‘listen to podcasts or read books by white men’, that ‘racism is a rite of passage for white teens’ and that ‘we are existing under’ a ‘cis-het white patriarchy’.
Dr Oki, a voting member of the 69-strong BMA council, told the newspaper: ‘I am disappointed that these comments, which are my personal views, are being taken without the context such complex subject areas deserve.’
MailOnline approached Dr Oki through the BMA.
His comments have provoked fury among Tory MPs.
Conservative MP Ben Bradley today told MailOnline: ‘This is total nonsense and shows just how divisive the BMA ruling council really is.
‘If he wants to understand the “cis-het white patriarchy” he should talk to the blokes of Mansfield who’ve had to graft their whole lives to keep the light on for others.’
He added: ‘The BMA leadership should stop spouting radical comments like these, stop making everything about race and get on with putting an end to the strikes.’
He has also tweeted that he refuses to ‘listen to podcasts or read books by white men’, that ‘racism is a rite of passage for white teens’ and that ‘we are existing under’ a ‘cis-het white patriarchy’. Pictured, Dr Oki (right) attending the first day of junior doctor strike action in London on March 13
Dr Oki, who studied at the University of Dundee, is now a foundation year one doctor in South Thames in London. He has previously stood as deputy chair of BMA medical students committee, with responsibility for the Education work of the committee
He has also personally attacked fellow doctors for their ‘willingness to prop up white supremicist rhetoric on Twitter
Dr Oki also claimed those from Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds ‘are sometimes the biggest purporters of white supremacy’
According to unearthed tweets from 2021, he has also accused white women of being ‘scary’ and stealing ideas from black people
His comments have provoked fury among Conservative MPs who slammed the ‘divisive’ BMA for promoting Mr Oki’s ‘radical comments’
The junior doctor has also appeared as a panellist on the British Medical Journal’s podcast Sharp Scratch for medical students and junior doctors
It comes after MailOnline this week revealed another medical student who fervently pushed for NHS strikes missed last week’s four-day walk-out – because she was recovering from private liposuction.
Eilidh Garrett has spent months cheering on junior doctors through her influential social media presence and attacked the Government for its lack of ‘moral decency’, conduct during strike talks and refusal to budge on pay.
The 26-year-old has yet to qualify as a junior doctor, believes they deserve more than 35 per cent – the huge sum being demanded by the BMA.
She has also previously told her followers she only wanted to become a doctor for the money.
But unlike Dr Oki, Miss Garrett is a medical student, meaning she cannot legally take industrial action because she does not hold a contract with the NHS.
Yet she has been hugely vocal in promoting the walk-outs, racking up millions of views on her pro-strike Twitter posts and attending a previous picket line in support.
Dr Oki, who studied at the University of Dundee, is now a foundation year one doctor in South Thames in London.
Eilidh Garrett has spent months cheering on junior doctors through her influential social media presence, attacking the Government for its lack of ‘moral decency’, conduct during strike talks and refusal to budge on pay
He has previously stood as deputy chair of BMA medical students committee, with responsibility for the education work of the committee.
The junior doctor has also appeared as a panellist on the British Medical Journal’s podcast Sharp Scratch for medical students and junior doctors.
Last week’s junior doctors’ strike, orchestrated in hope of getting ministers to cave into the pay demands, was dubbed the worst in the NHS’s 75-year history.
It led to more than 200,000 appointments and procedures being cancelled across the health service.
After a five-year medical degree — or four years for a graduate entry programme — students become junior doctors.
Base salaries for junior doctors, who can spend up to ten years in the position before reaching a senior title, can be up to £58,000 per year.
But in their first year — known as foundation doctor year one — they can expect just over £29,000 annually.
The BMA is seeking a 35 per cent pay rise to address the 26 per cent real-terms pay cut junior doctors have faced over the last 15 years.
It has insisted it was ‘willing to negotiate’, but talks have so far failed.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has repeatedly insisted the demand is unaffordable.
If ministers were to cave in, some young medics would get more than £20,000.
Meanwhile, the NHS is threatening legal action against striking nurses, arguing the second day of their planned walkout next month would be ‘unlawful’.
NHS Employers wrote to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday, warning that they do not have a legal mandate to endorse industrial action in England on May 2.
It means that the health service and the nurses’ union could face a clash in the High Court over whether the unprecedented walkout can go ahead.
Pat Cullen, chief executive of the RCN, last week announced a 48-hour strike will run from 8pm on April 30 to 8pm on May 2, after the union rejected the Government pay offer. It will see thousands of nurses walk off the job from A&E, critical care services and cancer wards for the first time in the increasingly bitter dispute.
Insiders fear the nurses could coordinate future strikes with junior doctors in a move that would be devastating for the NHS.
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