Now, federal and local Veterans Affairs officials and Health Care Providers visit the paralyzed veterans of america conference to talk about how to provide better access and specialized care for veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industr
Something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are w
America hosted the event late last month. Its just over twoandahalf hours. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the
To me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are we talking about . People who h
That occurred last year, is occurring again this year and will continue to occur next year. Each year is getting worse than the previous. In my home, we will see approximately 800 drugrelated deaths in 2017, which is an increase from our most devastating year, last year, 2016, when we saw approximately 660 people die from drugrelated deaths, up from 370 the year before. Nearly 9 to of these deaths will be due to opioids of some kind. Prescribed pills from which the crisis originated and grew from, heroin, fentanyl, and now the newer analogs of fentanyl. Its nationwide Public Health emergency which is simply out of control. Ohio is one of the hardesthit states. Appalachia, the New England States are also particularly hardhit. In the fall of 2011, my office alerted our county executive to an alarming trend and the rise of heroinassociated deaths. In the subsequent months and years weve partnered with our county sheriff, Cleveland Police department, u. S. Attorneys office, county prosecut