I move to approve the minutes. Is there a second . Are there corrections to the minutes . All in favour say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are approved. Clerk there is no Public Comment for item 2. Item 3 is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners, grant colfax, director of health. You have the directors report in front of you. I am going to highlight our covid19 coronavirus response. Dr. Aragon will have more details. I wanted to acknowledge the Department Staff who have been working for over eight weeks in terms of our preparedness and our response in terms of dealing with the coronavirus. Last tuesday i am pleased to announce that mayor breed declared a state of emergency in the city, which was transformative in our ability to better prepare for the response. It allowed us to activate the department to be more focused on the response, coordinate better with other city departments. This is a shared responsibility in terms of our response doing that. We were able to
Thank you can, heather. I hope that was as powerful to the supervisors as it was me listening to it. The struggle so many nurses have been in so long to get an ear is very moving to me. Its also moving to me that our patients suffer from all the things that youre hearing. Were very dedicated people. Nurses are good people, were short on ego, were long on competence, we do our jobs because we care about people and we dont like suffering. What we see because of these problems is more suffering that could be fixed. So Patient Experience, im not going to spend time on this. Heather really gave you the story, but the Patient Experience due to these problems with staffing is obviously negative. I work in primary care. The worst the worst day of my week is when i have a patient who is decompensating, running out of breath, turning blue, sweating and i have to say, we got to get you to the emergency room. And the patient says, no way. [please stand by] [please stand by] to make my point, i wou
A handle on it and proving there is potential in waste. Climate change affects everyone regardless of gender yet women are the main losers when it comes to its effects. d d 70 percent of all People Living below the poverty line on women and the poor are hardest hit by droughts extreme weather and bad harvests. When Drinking Water supplies run dry its typically women and girls who have to walk long distances to fetch water and that means missing work or school. When harvests of bad men are usually the ones to leave home to look for work elsewhere leaving their families behind in some places when theres not enough food to go around its not uncommon to exchange a daughter for some livestock but does all this mean that women are powerless no in the gambia we met a woman. Helping both the environment and the many women around. Walking woman is so enjoyable because to be one is woman when ever they are committed to committed and in any development in the world one woman gave only 20 percent
President bernal is away this afternoon on some business, so hes asked that i chair the meeting for this evening. The Health Commission will please come to order and the secretary will call the roll. [ roll call ]. Our next item, please clanchts item is the approval of the february 18, 2020, minutes. The minutes are before you for your approval. A motion is in order. I move to approve the minutes. Is there a second . Are there corrections to the minutes . All in favour say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are approved. Clerk there is no Public Comment for item 2. Item 3 is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners, grant colfax, director of health. You have the directors report in front of you. I am going to highlight our covid19 coronavirus response. Dr. Aragon will have more details. I wanted to acknowledge the Department Staff who have been working for over eight weeks in terms of our preparedness and our response in terms of dealing with the coronavirus. Last tuesday
More big spending. And drinks all around. Interest in an ipo. About a minute away from the launch of the spacex mission. The latest attempt last night was canceled because of Stormy Weather conditions. You are taking a look at the Spacex Dragon Cargo Carrier. This is being put on the falcon nine rocket and will launch from cape canaveral. This Cargo Carrier of moreing supplies than 5000 pounds. This launch has been canceled multiple times in the past because of Stormy Weather, but it it actually goes ahead, this will be the first time the same dragon has gone on a third trip to space. Very significant moment when it comes to the reusability of these rockets. And i believe this rocket as well has been used once before. It was going to be used. Esterday the count was aborted 29 seconds before liftoff. Here we go. Heres the count. 0. 3, 2, 1, it mission. Liftoff. Ignition. Liftoff. Paul the falcon nine rocket with that dragon capsule, on its third trip to the International Space station n