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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.
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.
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.