Luwam Ogbaselassie

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

This is Dennis Chantiloupe.

He is without housing and lost all his fingers to frostbite earlier this year. In Canada. He is standing at an encampment where a refugee died outside last month. This is why homelessness is terminal and cruel public policy.

We need housing for all

[Luwam Ogbaselassie @luwamogba]

@AmanSium Congratulations!

[Luwam Ogbaselassie @luwamogba]

@drandrewb Happy happy birthday AB! 🥳

[Sarah Nation @SarahNation]

“You see people lying by grates, you see people lying outside hospitals. We know what the solution is —it’s permanent housing — and we are not seeing the leadership. People are being robbed of half their life expectancy.”@drandrewb

[Luwam Ogbaselassie @luwamogba]

❗️❗️❗️

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

This is an emergency. We cannot divorce the hospital bed crisis from the homelessness crisis. The City of Toronto shelter capacity has never been so bad — patients/people have nowhere to go.

[Women's College Hospital @WCHospital]

“Indigenous representation has not yet translated into positions of leadership. That needs to change.” @drandrewb #NDTR #WeWearOrange

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

what might be most concerning in the latest covid-19 guidance is that we are entering a stage where all this will only compound chronic health inequities/disparities in marginalized communities and abandon those most structurally vulnerable as all shifts back to “normal”.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

‘We have the worst of both: a largely unaccountable public system, and an almost-not-regulated private system that isn’t a system, but rather a series of unconnected services that often work at cross purposes with an almost total lack of oversight and planning.’ -@picardonhealth

[Sarah Nation @SarahNation]

"In Canada we are near the bottom of OECD countries on both nurses and hospital beds per capita.

A hospital bed without a nurse is just a mattress." @drandrewb

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

A healthcare system built for profit will always introduce inequities.

[Dalia Hasan MD MSc CCFP @DaliaHasanMD]

@CTVToronto This would be an opportune time for all schools to consider reinstating mask protections to prevent kids from getting sick

[Winnie Byanyima @Winnie_Byanyima]

I’m @ Geneva airport, at the gate, boarding pass in hand on my way to #unaids2022, I’m almost refused to board, all docs scrutinised over &over again, calls made…. I board last. Hundreds of people in the South have been denied visas & won’t attend #UNAIDS2022
Unjust, racist!

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

the formula on repeat: underinvest in health care. underinvest in education/housing. systems begin to falter. workers step up as heroes. workers burnout due to system failures. propose private fixes. then blame individuals instead of investing in the public system. cycle again.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

a few immutable truths:

we are so far averaging more covid deaths a day in 2022 than 2020/2021.

the death rate is 2x fold higher in low income neighbourhoods.

“living with covid” has meant discriminate death and harm.

need protective policies in place to keep people alive.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

these community health ambassadors are bonafide heroes who saved lives throughout the pandemic. we now need to see them as a central part in the way we deliver health care. let’s invest in our communities and people if we are truly serious about better health outcomes for all.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

I will be giving the convocation address to the graduating medical class at @UofT. This is the most moving honour given where my family started and after everything these students have done. I am so grateful/hopeful that this class will build a more just and humane health system.

[Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine]

"We're in a moment of time that is going to need your hope and humanity in medicine more than ever." - @drandrewb
#UofTGrad22

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

vote vote vote like your life depends on it cause it probably/really does.

[WCH Med Grand Rounds @WCHMGR]

We are so excited for #MGR today at noon! @drandrewb will be presenting on "COVID-19 and the Mirage of Universality: Building a More Equitable and Resilient Health System" @UofT_DoM @UofTFamilyMed

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Biniam Girmay of Eritrea became the first Black African cyclist to win a stage of one of the Grand Tours. “It’s unbelievable,” he said after he won the 10th stage of the Giro d’Italia. https://t.co/J6W2DEOupt