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Testimony by Doctor Dre, Advocate from Health People
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Doctor Dre, a blind amputee and type two diabetic, advocates for increased resources to help educate people about diabetes, amputations, nutrition, and physical fitness through the Health People organization. He emphasizes the importance of addressing diabetes in various New York City boroughs, particularly The Bronx, and how proper education and resources can help reduce medical costs.
- Highlights the need for accessible education on diabetes management and prevention
- Discusses the challenges of healthy eating due to rising food costs
- Argues that investing in diabetes education and resources will ultimately lower medical expenses
Doctor Dre
4:37:47
Okay.
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Well, my name is doctor Dre.
4:37:50
Okay.
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My name is doctor Dre.
Lynn Schulman
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Mhmm.
Doctor Dre
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I am a blind amputee and a type two diabetic.
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I consider myself to be super bad because I don't let things keep me down.
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I actually go out and make things happen.
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So being blessed with working with the Healthy People organization, miss Chris Norwood and Kendra O'Hardy, we need resources so that we can help educate people with diabetes, help educate people with amputations, help educate people with nutrition, help educate people, of course, with physical fitness.
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All these elements, we treat diabetes like it's a curse for people.
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Oh, you did it to yourself.
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It doesn't happen that way all the time.
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It's based on what especially type two diabetics, what's around our regions such as Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan Uptown and Downtown, and of course the alarming rates that are happening in The Bronx which are out of control.
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And me being here as an advocate and not only an advocate, but I am a food and I am a food you with me?
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I'm a food person that eats the wrong stuff just like everybody else because you eat where you live and you live where you eat.
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Everybody can't eat the best food or get, especially at these prices.
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Have you seen a price a price of eggs now?
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Whoo.
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So that cuts the cake down, but we need to get the cream because cash rules everything around me.
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Dollar dollar bill, but let's change that to more than a dollar.
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We need to get into the hundreds of dollars because this program and what we're advocating for, what we're actually doing is helping people.
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So honestly, by donating and giving us the resources, we actually help bring down the cost of medical issues.
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Because if people can't learn, people can't access it on their phone, people can't access it face to face with a gentleman like me being a food addict, then then where are we going with this?
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We can turn it around.
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We will turn it around.
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That's why I'm here.
Lynn Schulman
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Thank you.
Doctor Dre
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Because I'm a lifelong resident of New York.
Nadia Chait
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Thank you.
Doctor Dre
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All my life and the blessing is what's up y'all?
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What you're gonna say?
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Who's gonna give resources to help people and Dre?
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I thank you for your time.
Lynn Schulman
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Thank you for your time.
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Who's next?
Doctor Dre
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Doctor Dre.
Lynn Schulman
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Yeah.