I was delighted to meet & speak with Minister Hogan and three other persons from the Department of Health and Community Services, Newfoundland and Labrador today as an advocate.
I appreciated the interest, warm welcome, and genuine listening.
Below is the 2-pager I left with them and what we talked during the meeting (mostly).
Two things I have emphasized during our meeting:
1. Reaching out to population and engage about health-related information where they are (not where we are)
2. Consulting and having patient and family ambassadors to connect with the population to engage in health-related information
In most cases what governments can do is all comes to the cost.
We need to invest on the wellbeing of our population, in terms of prevention early detection and support.
How much is your life worth? Our life? their life?
If there is anything that can be done, I am sure he will work on it.
One day at a time. Better days ahead. Sevtap Savas, PhD. St. John’s
