Andrew Boozary MD
@drandrewb
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son of refugee/prisoner | primary care doctor | social medicine | founding editor @harvardchanSPH | public policy @princeton | IG: drandrewbb
Joined May 2012
Saw a patient recently without housing who was in and out of hospital. But how could we keep calling them “hard to reach” or “lost to follow-up” when they didn’t have a cell phone? Peer workers in the Stabilization Centre/ER set up a phone for him and the next morning I got a
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An undergraduate student wrote me today letting me know they got into medical school. “I hope to use my career as a physician to address the health disparities we covered in class.” . There is truly no better feeling as a teacher.
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This is serious. Necessitates an emergency city action plan that includes targeted 24/7 cooling centres. @MayorOliviaChow
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The paradox of health care spending:. a $400 air conditioner can help prevent a $15,000 hospital admission for heart failure or heat stroke in the summer.
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The longer I work in medicine, the more convinced I am that anxiety and depression can be a just response in a deeply unjust world.
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we really need to open cooling centres in Toronto — this heat is a major health hazard.
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Yesterday @ChantalHbert was conferred the title of Knight of the National Order of Québec. She’s known for her exceptional contribution to political journalism in Québec & in Canada. Join me in congratulating Chantal! 🥂 💐.A Truly well deserved recognition. 👏
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The longer I work in medicine, the more convinced I am that anxiety and depression can be a just response in a deeply unjust world.
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🟣 Breaking News. Chantal Hébert has just been awarded the National Order of Quebec, the province’s highest honour. 🎙️ A brilliant political journalist.🖋️ A fiercely insightful columnist.🇨🇦 An essential voice in Canada’s public discourse. Her sharp analysis, intellectual
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With RFK Jr. adamantly wanting to see America out of.vaccine leadership, this is a real opportunity for Canada to be a world leader in vaccine development.
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It’s amazing to watch the resources government will deploy to California while saying it’s impossible to end homelessness in LA in the same breath.
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“It is 2025 and today a newborn child died from measles — a preventable disease and death.” -@picardonhealth
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Doubling social assistance rates could be one of the most powerful prescriptions for health.
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RT @guyfelicella: The documentary about my life is dropping this summer!. For a long time I belonged to a world not many escape from. Drugs….
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Dr. Fortune should come to Canada. A TB vaccine would be a game changer.
Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted
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If there was a drug that could restore 20-30 life years, you would think every funder would be tripping to get it to market. We have that treatment in housing.
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RT @picardonhealth: Grim realities and stark contrasts: What matters for health is income, housing and food insecurity, by @pat_health htt….
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