Publish date: 25 October 2021
In our fourth and final Voices series, we take a closer look at an individual much closer to home…Mr Mohammed Kamara:
Staff and visitors to Tameside Hospital may well be familiar with Mr Kamara. He has worked for the Trust for almost seven years as an Emergency Medicine Consultant in the Accident and Emergency Department and has previously worked in a number of other specialities in other hospitals within the UK.
Originally from Sierra Leone, Mr Kamara has lived in the UK for most of his life, graduating as doctor over 30 years ago. He’s a proud father of three children: two daughters, Aisha (32) and Augusta (25) and his son, Mohammad (16). Mohammed is married to his wife Fatima.
He is passionate about healthcare and about helping others, especially those most in need. He is also very passionate about racial equality and dedicates much of his spare time to the cause.
When asked, Mr Kamara said: “I have a great passion for healthcare and for helping others – it’s what I came into medicine for. The last 18 months have been a particularly difficult period and it has also highlighted the health inequalities that exist within the BAME community. I want to do all I can both within the organisation and outside of the Trust to teach, advise and educate others and contribute something to creating race equality for all.
As well as being a popular figure and key member of the team in Accident and Emergency, Mr Kamara is also very active within the Trust for his work to ensure Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups are well represented within the organisation. He is Co-Chair of the Trust’s SIREN Network which is tasked with ensuring that our organisation addresses the needs of our BAME staff members, by helping the Trust to challenge inequality and ethnic discrimination. The SIREN Staff Network aims to create a sense of belonging by providing a safe forum to network, socialise, share, question, challenge and receive support and advice in relation to race equality.
Mr Kamara also plays a key role outside of the Trust in groups such as CAHN Caribbean and African Health Network and its vision is to eradicate health inequalities within a generation for Caribbean and African people. He regularly gives up his spare time to host virtual and physical sessions on a whole range of health issues affecting BAME communities. ‘Well Bodi Better Pass Gentri’ which translates to ‘health is better than wealth’ is also a forum established by Mr Kamara with the intention of sharing knowledge and advice amongst Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities for better health and wellbeing.
Mr Kamara recently spoke publically about his experience of living and working through the Covid-19 pandemic and his advocacy for the vaccination programme. In a recent interview Mr Kamara went into detail about the benefits of the vaccine and encouraged Black, Asian and people from minority ethnic groups to take up the vaccine when offered.
Looking ahead, it’s Mr Kamara’s vision to continue to work towards creating an equal world where everybody, regardless of gender, skin colour or religion are treated respectfully, with dignity and with equality.
