Finola Hackett

Rural locum | Family med grad @UCalgaryRural | MD @UAlberta_FoMD | BA&Sc Environment @McGillU | Planetary health & equity | @19ToZero

[Dr. Marguerite Heyns @mheyns]

Obstetrical services in Lethbridge is currently being held together by a small number of dedicated physicians and nurses. The lack of permanent OBGYNs is leading to unsafe care for expecting mothers despite our best efforts. @AHS_media and @Alberta_UCP need to do more.

[Jonathan Cluett @joncluett]

Dear Danielle Smith:

I’m a Calgary OBGYN covering labour and delivery in Lethbridge today. This is a full-blown women’s health crisis and it’s about time you treat it as such.

Feel free to call our unit. I’m working for 48hrs. Happy to discuss strategies #ableg

[@CAPE-ACME @CAPE_ACME]

If 700K doctors gave you the same advice, wouldn't you take it? 🤔 Help us amplify the "prescription" to greenwashing by taking our 30-second action & sharing this video!

➡️ https://t.co/IU05zMJ14n

#Canpoli #Canada #ClimateAction

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

https://t.co/gMbGarA173 Thanks to @LancetCountdown @CMA_Docs @CPHA_ACSP CNA @c_pdesrosiers @courtghoward @AlikaMD @chrisbuse @Krista_Halliday & others for supporting this work.

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

Bold action needed: #climatechange is undermining #health in Canada, and solutions include: sustainable, climate-resilient health systems, Indigenous knowledge as a guide for policy coherence, positive & solutions-based messaging on health co-benefits of mitigation & adaptation.

[Dr Courtney Howard @courtghoward]

Diagnosis: @LancetCountdown data-in 2019 we collected $4 billion in carbon tax revenue yet gave $2.3 billion in #FossilFuelSubsidies.
🧐
Treatment: Improve policy coherence with Indigenous approaches--consider the wellbeing of the next 7 generations 👇🏽
https://t.co/2R3ODjvu3o

[TRexMD @TRexMD780]

Such a good quote from #PEIP2022:

"The plural of anecdote is not data"

YASSSS. This. All of this.

#MedTwitter #peerevidence @ABFamDocs

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

Physicians and researchers in Canada and Alberta played a major role in studying and implementing evidence based treatments for #COVID. They looked at hard evidence. Conversely, there is no evidence that firing these experts en masse will help our strained health care system.

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy Brief for Canada | Monday 31 October 2022 | 13:00-14:00 (ET) | Register: https://t.co/upJa2xGNik @c_pdesrosiers @Krista_Halliday @courtghoward @CPHA_ACSP @CMA_Docs

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

Feeling spooked about climate change's impact on health? For a positive spin this Halloween, join our webinar: Learn about 3 key areas where Canada can make a difference to reduce the impact of #climatechange on #health. Link below ⬇️

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

Thank you @NBulowski for capturing our @LancetCountdown brief findings: increase urban green space, redirect fossil fuel subsidies to a just energy transition & integrated climate-health adaptation strategy.

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

🇨🇦 : de-silo to improve health AND economy. #climatechange is a magnifier...on strained health-care systems, access to health care in rural and remote areas, economic issues & inequities. It reaches across and integrates with all these existing issues.
https://t.co/p8z8ACawWZ

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

Huge kudos to my co-lead author @c_pdesrosiers, co-authors @chrisbuse @AshleymChisholm @AngelaVCarter Dr Deborah McGregor, incredibly supportive partner orgs @CMA_Docs @CPHA_ACSP. This isn't an environmentalists', economists', or physicians' issue. It's an 'all of us' issue.

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

We must adapt & mitigate to save lives -- #climatechange is a health crisis. Summarised well by @courtghoward -- I'd like to highlight recommendation #2: this will save $ in the long run. We need to do the calculations that help us take action to protect health AND the economy.

[Dr Courtney Howard @courtghoward]

2021 @LancetCountdown policy brief for #Canada is live!
5 key recommendations for a healthy climate👇
🙏coauthors @c_pdesrosiers @fmhackett @chrisbuse @AshleymChisholm @AngelaVCarter & Dr Deborah McGregor & to @CMA_Docs & @CPHA_ACSP! #cdnpoli🧵
https://t.co/8uAlC03mOT

[Finola Hackett @fmhackett]

Proud to co-author 2021 @LancetCountdown Canada brief, collab with @CMA_Docs @CPHA_ACSP. Why? As a rural family physician I see that climate change is already affecting health. We can save money and save lives by investing in a just transition and healthy adaptation. Learn more->

[Cdn Public Health Assoc. @CPHA_ACSP]

SPECIAL WEBINAR | Learn about 3 key areas where Canada can make a difference to reduce the impact of #climatechange on #health. The @LancetCountdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy Brief for Canada | Friday 22 Oct 2021 | 12:00-13:00 (ET) | Register: https://t.co/pHBuMIk022

[Canadian Medical Association @CMA_Docs]

"COVID-19 doesn't change its virulence or transmissibility as it crosses provincial borders. There are signs this pandemic has overrun, or will soon overrun, health systems. We need all hands on deck to acknowledge that the ship is sinking." - @AlikaMD
https://t.co/2KRpa0efYz

[Sean Wilde @DocSeanW]

Dear Lethbridge,
Since I don’t know how else you’ll know, here’s a local pandemic update. This is what changed over the last weekend.
After some two months of closure, our hospital has reopened the inpatient COVID unit as we are seeing a rapid increase in hospitalizations. 1/

[Dr. Shazma Mithani @DrShazmaMithani]

Thread time. I’m going to lay out all of the major concerns I have with the current state of affairs.

1. Well, we are in wave 4. The wave of delta. A more transmissible and virulent virus. We are seeing a rapid rise in cases and people getting sicker, especially the unvaxxed. /1