Adedayo Adedeji
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My name is doctor Adedaya Adedeji.
2:08:04
I work at King's County Hospital, and, I've actually been a medical doctor for about, 31 years now.
2:08:14
I started working at King's County in August of 2020, after 20 years in private practice because it just became a case of I just didn't want to work for money alone.
2:08:26
And I trained at Kings County Hospital as an ID fellow and I decided to go back then.
2:08:31
I was very impressed by the work they did.
2:08:33
I do 2 12 hour days and 2 8 hour days, and in those 12 hour days, I have 29 patient, slots.
2:08:41
And usually, I have 4 double booked new patient slots for those 12 hour sessions.
2:08:50
Recruitment and retention at Kings County has been terrible.
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I mean, most of our new doctors in primary care are just, newly graduated residents.
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And we all know, of course, the longer it's been the job, the more experience you do have.
2:09:07
There has been no screening colonoscopy that I've sent a patient for in my almost 5 years at Kings County Hospital because we just don't have any gastroenterologists to do them.
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We shuffle everybody out and out to South Brooklyn Hospital.
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G one is not taking any appointments.
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We've got very little ENT, cardio, neuro.
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We have got an increased complexity of patients that we've got to see in 20 minutes.
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And as you all know, when you ask anybody a question, you get back 10,000 things before you actually get some the what information you need.
2:09:37
PAGNY, our employ union, actually implemented a contract which basically cuts vacation time, CME time, sick days for providers, and they're very unhappy about it.
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I mean, negotiations now with the union and the mediator.
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I can tell you now we're all going to be unhappy with our contract.
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And the soonest chance that people get to get out, they will.
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I do my prior authorization.
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There's nobody to help me to do them.
2:10:11
I feel that when not being respected as providers, gratitude is great.
2:10:17
I don't even invite you to thank me.
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I know what a good job I'm doing.
2:10:20
I don't even invite you to thank me for that.
2:10:21
But, actually, you know what?
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If you don't want to thank me, it's like could we get in could you say it in whatever movie, Jerry Maguire?
2:10:27
Show me the goddamn money.
