Kulvinder Kaur Gill Biography
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Profession | Doctor |
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Height (approx.) | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
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Birthplace | India |
Nationality | Canadian |
College/University | • University of Manitoba • University of Western Ontario |
Educational Qualification | Medical and postgraduate training in paediatrics, allergy, and clinical immunology [1]Care Not Cuts [2]India Today |
Controversy | In 2021, many lawsuits were filed against her with a total legal fee of around Rs 2 crores due to her tweets against COVID-19 lockdown and its alleged catastrophic effects. [3]The Economic Times |
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Marital Status | Married |
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Kulvinder Kaur MD |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kulvinder Kaur Gill
- Kulvinder Kaur Gill is a specialist frontline physician based and practising in the Great Ontario Area, Canada.
- She is an MD and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC).
- She is the President and co-founder of Concerned Ontario Doctors.
- Apart from being a doctor, she is also an advocate for healthcare availability, fundamental human rights, and freedom. [4]Care Not Cuts
- She once worked as a spokesperson for the patients and frontline physicians of Ontario and Canada and represented their concerns at Queen’s Park, the House of Commons, and the Senate of Canada.
- During her postgraduation, she researched on the development of the HIV-1 vaccine at the only Level 4 National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
- In 2020, during the global COVID-19 pandemic, she took a stand against the global lockdown and vaccination mandates. She became the first woman to openly talk about the harmful and irreversible effects of lockdown on Twitter (now X). [5]Hindustan Times In August 2020, she tweeted about about the need for vaccines, which read,
If you have not yet figured out that we don’t need a vaccine, you are not paying attention. #FactsNotFear.” [6]The Economic Times
- After many netizens complained about her tweets related to COVID-19 and the pandemic, the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons cautioned her as her tweets allegedly lacked evidence and were not accurate. Kulvinder said that the tweets came from a personal Twitter account, not from the one affiliated with her practice. [7]CBC
- In August 2020, one of her tweets was taken down by Twitter.
Earlier this week, Twitter removed one of my tweets; first time ever in my time on this platform. It contained too much truth for this illogical time we're living through. Ultimately, history will be the judge.
"Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon & the truth" https://t.co/zmrgiRBqfv— Kulvinder Kaur MD (@dockaurG) August 14, 2020
- In December 2021, she filed a lawsuit against 23 people and authorities including doctors, journalists, and news outlets, for allegedly defaming her; however, a judge dismissed her lawsuit under anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law. [8]The Economic Times
- On 22 March 2024, she posted a video on X through which she tried to seek help through her crowdfunding campaign. In the video, she said,
My deadline is at the end of March. And it’s $300,000 that I don’t have after nearly four years of being entangled in multiple legal battles, trying to advocate for my patients, trying to advocate for Canadians and trying to advocate for myself. I never thought that this would be the cost of speaking the truth to the power of being compelled to speak my conscience.” [9]The Economic Times
- In March 2023, she even tagged Elon Musk, owner and CTO of X (previously Twitter), in one of her posts on X and sought financial help from him.
Hi @elonmusk @X—as one of the first🇨🇦MDs to oppose lockdowns on twitter in 2020, in a socialized healthcare system where govt is sole-payer, I've been persecuted for 4yrs solely d/t my tweets. Pls help a fellow Cdn! ~$300K in court-ordered costs due in 4d:https://t.co/b0cc5pZIBk https://t.co/kpD3FzgnNK pic.twitter.com/nNSKGda1D0
— Kulvinder Kaur MD (@dockaurG) March 21, 2024
- After Elon Musk got to know about her crowdfunding campaign, he decided to help her by funding her campaign to cover her legal bills.
X is proud to help defend Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill against the government-supported efforts to cancel her speech.@dockaurG is a practicing physician in Canada, specializing in immunology and pediatrics. Because she spoke out publicly on Twitter (now X) in opposition to the… https://t.co/IujDSeBGBN
— News (@XNews) March 24, 2024
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