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QUESTION

How are medical professionals being prepared for sickle cell detection and treatment?

0:54:59

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Mitch Katz confirms preparations have begun for educating medical professionals on sickle cell detection and treatment, offering to provide training materials.

Preparations for an education process on sickle cell detection and treatment are underway.
Mitch Katz expresses support for the bill and believes their hospital is ahead of others in this regard.
Training materials used by New York City Health And Hospitals are available for sharing.
Council Member Narcisse highlights a shortfall in sickle cell disease education in nursing and medical schools.

Mercedes Narcisse

0:54:59

Have you begun preparations for education process to guide medical professionals on sickle cell detection and treatment?

0:55:06

Please describe what this process will look like.

Mitch Katz

0:55:10

Yes.

0:55:11

I mean, we we have, again, and again, we're we're big fans of the bill.

0:55:14

We like to believe that because who we take care of, we are ahead of other hospitals, and we'd be happy to provide the training materials that we're using to you.

Mercedes Narcisse

0:55:26

Because from my understanding, even from nursing school, we don't have that much of talking about sickle cell disease probably 1 hour.

0:55:32

And then medical school from my understanding since I have 2 doctors in my life, not that much leader.

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