It was five years ago today that my beloved father, Dr Kailash Chand Malhotra OBE, suffered an unexpected cardiac arrest and died.
One year later, Andy Burnham unveiled a plaque in his honour at the GP surgery where he devoted his life to serving his patients. The speech I gave that day remains as relevant now as it was then, and I’ve shared it again below.
My father’s death changed the course of my life.
It forced me to confront uncomfortable truths about a healthcare system that too often lacks transparency, accountability and the courage to admit when it gets things wrong. I became determined to seek answers - not just for my father, but for every family left asking questions after losing someone they love.
I was warned by a senior NHS cardiologist that pursuing the truth about what happened would make me enemies and that I should walk away. I couldn’t. I wouldn’t.
I remain convinced that there were two major factors behind my father’s death. The first was the ambulance delay. The second, which I have discussed at length with Andy Burnham, concerns the role I believe Covid mRNA vaccination played in accelerating his coronary artery disease. Five years later, I still believe there has been no meaningful investigation, no accountability and no justice.
The personal cost of speaking out has been immense. Instead of being allowed to grieve my father, I have spent the last five years being attacked, smeared and vilified for asking questions and refusing to stay silent. But I know my father would have expected nothing less.
Earlier this year I testified before the United States Senate about the corruption I believe has taken hold within our healthcare system. That experience only strengthened my conviction that the influence of Big Pharma now extends to the very highest levels of political decision-making, including the White House. These are difficult truths to confront, but they cannot be ignored if we are serious about restoring public trust.
Andy Burnham understands better than almost any politician I know the roots of this corrupted system. I have spoken with him at length about my concerns and about the urgent need for greater transparency, accountability and reform.
Above all, my father always encouraged me to speak out - to speak truth to power. He taught me to live by the seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. Those principles mattered deeply to him, and they continue to guide me every day.
At my father’s death Andy said of him: “He was everything to me and the NHS was everything to him. One of the kindest souls ever to have walked this earth.”He dedicated his entire life to serving others with compassion, integrity and humility.
Five years on, as we remember the legacy of Dr Kailash Chand Malhotra OBE, I will continue to ensure that his death was not in vain.
I wish to share two pertinent quotes from President John F. Kennedy and his brother ROBERT,
“A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.” - John F. Kennedy
“We need laws to remedy these injustices.” - Robert F. Kennedy
