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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Dr. Patricia Marthone's testimony on her reappointment to NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation board
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Dr. Patricia Marthone, nominee for reappointment to the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation (H&H) board, testifies about her dedication to improving healthcare outcomes in New York City. She highlights her personal experiences, commitment to addressing mental health and homelessness issues, and efforts to enhance maternal health care through her role on the H&H board.
- Emphasizes her focus on services for unhoused and mentally ill New Yorkers
- Discusses her hands-on approach, including visiting H&H facilities and attending public forums
- Mentions the board's work on improving maternal health outcomes and addressing mental health crises
Dr. Patricia Marthone
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Good morning chair Keith Powers, honorable Diana Ayala, honorable Amanda Ferraris, honorable Selvina Brooks Powers, and honorable Justin Brennan.
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Thank you for having me here today as Health and Hospital Corporation H and H means a lot to me.
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Representing the borough of Brooklyn on the board of directors has given me the privilege to extend my hand to care for our families, our friends, our neighbors, and even strangers with dignity and love.
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When I came to you in 2021, I spoke on my father being a paranoid schizophrenic and how my subconscious envisions envisions him being reflected in every unhoused person that may appear to be suffering from mental health issues that crossed my path.
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My concerns for our cities unhoused and mentally ill transected with possible services H and H would have has had to offer and was one of my focuses.
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I promised to be a board member that would that would be present in every way and to bring my personal experiences and intentionality for positive growth in the execution of mission and purpose on the on the H and H board.
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In my tenure on the board I personally visited our mobile programs providing care to unhoused New Yorkers, our housing programs and services, our hospitals, our clinics, our nursing homes, and attended public forums to hear concerns but to our H and H board directly from the public.
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All to ensure the understanding of what we are doing well or not and demanding reevaluation, revision, accountability, and follow-up follow-up reporting.
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I want you to know the tireless efforts and work of those assigned to the reception of new arrivals were doubly true to our mission and delivered medical care, housing, and comfort with grace and kindness.
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My fellow board members and I are constantly searching to produce better outcomes in maternal health and mental health.
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For example, through the lens of a special committee, we examined maternal health issues to ensure all the drive to care and out and affected outcomes were being addressed and decisions identifying challenges with geolocation and access to quick interventions for physical and mental crises led to immediate action to understand and remove barriers in real time to create a plan for a permanent solution.
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I am honored and humbled for the continue continued opportunity to serve our city in this capacity.
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As in my time on the H and H board, the dedication and sincerity for improving outcomes and physical and mental health in New York City's population are best reflected upon upon the words of John Green.
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He openly shares his struggles with severe anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder and wrote in his novel Looking for Alaska, we need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.
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I might add, when we have H and H.
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Thank you for your time and consideration.