[4][5] In 2020, Haikerwal was appointed as an Honorary Enterprise Professor at The University of Melbourne[6] taking a lead role as Clinical Chief Investigator in a research programme, Future Health Today which has the aim of detecting chronic disease earlier in people at risk.
As a representative of junior doctors in the Southern Trent Region of England, he facilitated a meeting in 1989 with Members of Parliament to discuss concerns about the long hours of work.
Haikerwal told the meeting that doctors were commonly working 72 hours a week, or longer, [making]..."life or death decisions when sometimes [they] are too tired to talk properly.
[16] Recalling his time at Leicester General Hospital, he later told The Age newspaper: "If you want someone to work hard, pay them properly and give them good conditions.
The authors noted the benefits of the system to patients following government funding and legislation, but identified that due to hospitals generally not being adequately computerized, there was a lack of coordination in securely sharing patient data, [and]..."to ensure the clinical relevance, utility, safety and acceptability of e-health systems, health professionals urgently need technical capacity and expert guidance.
"[23] Early in the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, Haikerwal advocated for rigorous testing procedures and turned the car park of his family physician office into a government-sponsored respiratory clinic.
[24] He took a strong lead coordinating doctors in Melbourne to deal with technological issues related to systems for tracing the spread of the virus,[25] and has continued to speak freely about the challenges faced by staff on the frontline, particularly with regard to getting adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE).
However, he quickly realised the potential of a bleed in his brain and managed to call his wife, and with the assistance of a nearby police officer and his brother Dr Deepak Haikerwal, a cardiologist, was able to get to hospital.
He was transferred to Epworth Hospital's in-patient rehabilitation centre, where he underwent a "five-week program of intense physiotherapy and speech therapy, after which he was talking and walking as before.
"[1] When one of the attackers was not deported to his home country, Haikerwal said he supported the decision in principle, but expressed some concerns whether victims' interests were being carefully considered in these cases.