And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank youall for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throws throws of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As both an anchor institution and steward of health care for our local communities, hopkins takes this problem very seriously. We see firsthand the devastation that substands care at our sister hospital to the east, the number of opioid Overdose Patients seen in our Emergency Departments doubled last year. Doubled. This crisis is very much a part of our reality. What are we doing about it . As an academic medical center, were addressing the issue through the lens of our mission of research, clinical care, and education. Firs
This is two hours and 10 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to hopkins. My name is Redonda Miller and as president of the hospital i have the pleasure of welcoming you all to the institution. As president i have had the immense pleasure and privilege of working with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues. We are grateful for his steadfast leadership nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. We are truly lucky to count ourselves among those he excellently represented for more than two decades. Chairman, we are honored to be a part of the government reform committees efforts to find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret we are in the throws of a crisis that reached Epic Proportions in our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016, we averaged nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in the city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As an anchor snugds and steward of
Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to hopkins. My name is Redonda Miller and as president of the hospital i have the pleasure of welcoming you all to the institution. As president i have had the immense pleasure and privilege of working with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues. We are grateful for his steadfast leadership nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. We are truly lucky to count ourselves among those he excellently represented for more than two decades. Chairman, we are honored to be a part of the government reform committees efforts to find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret we are in the throws of a crisis that reached Epic Proportions in our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016, we averaged nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in the city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As an anchor snugds and steward of health care, hopkins takes this pr
And not zero risk maybe you would have liked that. If you are, were going out the door. Right. Doctor, to dr. Freeden, head of the centers for Disease Control, what can you say to the American People today about their and its widespread of a possibly Ebola Outbreak in this country . We certainly understand peoples concerns. Ebola is scary, deadly. And the images from africa are frightening. But ebola spreads by direct contact with we know unsafe care giving in the home or Health Care Facility and unsafe burial practices. The burial practices that are spreading ebola in west africa are not things that we do here, not to be concerned about. But care giving is. That means for every individual who comes back from a place that may have ebola, very important to be monitored actively for 21 days. At the first sign of any symptom, even if its not severe illness, what were seeing now is, as appropriate. People are coming in, being tested. Coming in and being isolated. As soon as that happens, w
[ gavel bangs ] good afternoon, everybody. The full committee of the Appropriations Committee will come to order. The purpose of todays hearing is on the United States government response to fighting ebola and protecting the United States of america. Today, we will hear what we are doing and we will hear what resources are needed to do that fight. First of all, the congratulations are in order to some of our checks who have won we want to acknowledge senator reid and senator cons victory and on this side, we want to acknowledge the victory of senator cochran and senator collins and we want to congratulate them and note the note their victory. Today is a day where we really have to Pay Attention to an international and National Challenge that we are examining. A look at an infectious horrific disease that is wasting a key continent in west africa and also threatening the United States of america. But for me, this will be the last full Committee Hearing that i will chair. Before we go in