Sachin Santhakumar, MD

#EmergencyMedicine Doc • @UpstateEM • MD @BrownMedicine • @PurdueBME • Systemic solutions to health • We see where #healthcare breaks #ER • Tweets=Own

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

O I know this guy haha. The system, both general public AND other hospitals, relies on the safety net hospitals to keep providing care. EMTALA means someone has to provide emergent care (and pay for it). @LinaHidalgoTX

[Lina Hidalgo @LinaHidalgoTX]

Ben Taub is 1 of only 2 level-one trauma centers in Harris County. Dr. Santhakumar-an ER physician-warns that if emergencies arise, you or a family member could end up there. By skipping, Commissioners Cagle & Ramsey are cutting $125M in Harris Health funds. This affects us all.

[Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @EMSwami]

Brooklyn Judge Tuitt rules all prisoners in NY must be offered vax immediately https://t.co/3gXWH7Cu4K

> 390,000 prisoners have tested positive for COVID; roughly 25% of all prisoners in US

This should have happened months ago

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

@jromanowi @TraceeM @jasonbeahm @ddiamond That's where in my asking of various providers experiences, I think it's unlikely. So will I keep wearing a mask in public, yes it has almost no downside to me. Will I not hang out with my son after santizing/showering etc., no that reward is worth it. But I could be wrong.

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

@jromanowi @TraceeM @jasonbeahm @ddiamond Yup, sience never wants to say it definitely until there is a study. By the same token there is no study saying you will transmit it. Happens alot in medicine where there isnt clear data and you have to make assumptions. Then decide is the risk in uncertainty worth the reward.

[Steve Carroll DO MEd @embasic]

@ddiamond Not dying of COVID

Knowing I’m not passing it onto others*

*very likely, data is preliminary but looking excellent

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

#COVID19 vaccinated mothers pass antibodies to newborns.
https://t.co/xRa3ZXXlWf @Harvard

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

Re: Blaming health inequality only on history #Tuskegee and ignoring the mistakes we are making today

"It's what happened to me yesterday. Not what happened in the 50s or 60s" -@KarenDLincoln

@NPR @adembosky
https://t.co/g9HQY64Ob6

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/"STORIES OF THE MGH: THE ME YOU DON'T SEE"
Tune in to the live hospital-wide storytelling event on Mon, March 29 at 5:30PM! https://t.co/sUlwx89DFW
Here are the 7 featured MGH storytellers who will tell stories about how there's more to them that meets the eye. Next:

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

48%!? Also interesting they point to racial disparities in trust when it seems like partisan disparities have been greater as far as trust is concerned. #COVID19
https://t.co/QOAfFJA7RY

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

Start a new job this week as a locums doc in Minnesota! Time to see what small town community EM is all about.

[The Warren Alpert Medical School @BrownMedicine]

Today's #BHM profile is our Associate Dean for Student Affairs Roxanne Vrees '98 MD'03 RES'07. Dean Vrees came to Brown through the Program in Liberal Medical Education, where she concentrated in psychology. @brown_alumni 1/4

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

@RealCedricDark @Avik @VivekGRamaswamy What about legacy admissions? Why must everyone else fight over what is left, when the system gives hand outs to the already privileged. Something about a house divided...

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

[NEJM @NEJM]

Why has the United States handled this pandemic so badly? The Editors note that although we came into this crisis with enormous advantages, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent.

[Ali S. Raja, MD @AliRaja_MD]

Gun study: The cost of shootings is far higher and more devastating than expected ⁦@meganranney⁩ ⁦@BostonGlobe⁩
#GunViolence https://t.co/Wdw11mWdY4

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

Did people even notice when we passed 2 million COVID cases?

[Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @EMSwami]

When I was a resident, Dr. Goldfrank would ask us the same question on every patient we saw:

"What is the lesion in the healthcare system that brought this patient to us today?"

It was a challenge to look deeper into the root cause of emergencies

[Black Girl White Coat @_BGWC_]

Apply to our Mentor Network!

We are looking for men and women involved in the various healthcare fields to join us as we strive to provide sound mentorship to the next generation of Black and Brown healthcare professionals 🎉

Link to apply: https://t.co/mhOjhH2APH

[Jenny Tsai, MD, M.Ed @tsaiduck77]

Last wk, a political doc weaponized medical language in #GeorgeFloyd's autopsy, used allegations of heart disease & intoxicants to deny the truth of what Black ppl have ALWAYS known. The cause of death is racism. We wrote in @sciam how this GASLIT AMERICA https://t.co/0BBbHKS7qZ

[Sachin Santhakumar, MD @SSKumar04]

@TamorahLewisMD Even if they only want to focus on "medicine", medical education is full of bias. Therefore all our care is biased. Work on that.