001Okay, we are recording. This is Nancy Bush. I am going to call the meeting to order and we will say the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it standy with liberty and justice for all. So, doctor, I want to make sure I say your name correctly. Diane. >> Diane. Okay. Like like the woman's name. Diane. >> Not Diane. Diane. >> Diane. Okay. I want to make sure I'm >> It's okay. I get called everything. It's fine. [laughter] >> Well, when your last name is Bush, you get called almost everything as well. >> Correct. >> I was called Barbara for many years. [laughter] So, so we we welcome you. I can't tell you how thrilled we are to have
002you be a part of us. >> And um we have are sorry we're not doing it in person, but um we can each will each tell you a little bit about ourselves and you can tell us why you wanted to join this illustrious group and um be a be a um our medical um advisor. >> So I'm Nancy Bush. I'm a retired nurse executive. I've lived in trouble my whole life. Um I primarily my work was um being the manager of hospital-based primary care centers for the underserved. Um I started at Norwok Hospital. I spent uh additional 22 years then at at St. Vincent Medical Center and I ended my career the last nine and a half up at Yale New Haven Hospital with maternal fetal medicine and the women's center. So, um that's me
003and um Deb and I'll let Deb tell you about her. She and I joined the um board at about the same time I think. Right, Deb? It was it was at the time when Monroe and Trumbull had been a joint health department and then the decision was made to separate them and God bless we had a new we had a new uh director and Dr. Conungle and we had like six band-aids and a desk and what you see now is what's blossomed from then. So, I'll let Deb tell you about herself and then we can everybody can tell you about themselves. >> Hi. Um, I was a teacher in Monroe for many, many years. And now I am supervising student teachers from the University of Bridgeport. >> How long have we been on this Deb?
00410 yearsish. I don't know. >> At least I think it's at least 10. >> Okay. because I think I was still teaching >> and I was still at Yale and I've been retired a little while so Yeah. Yeah, probably. >> All righty. Karen, >> would you like to leave myself there? Um, >> Yeah. So, I spent most of my nursing career um in home care doing visiting nursing and then for the last five years I've been over um through Bridgeport Hospital in the radiology department over on Park Avenue working and Allison who works next door wrote me into being on the board here. So, that's how I got [laughter] here. >> There you go. How about Glenn? You two know each other already. We know each other, but I may as well say, I don't
005know if Joe knows my background. I've been in travel now for 35 years. I do internal medicine, endocrinology, obesity, and lifestyle medicine. So, I keep myself busy. >> I remember coming home one day from work and Vicki Tora and my wife were friendly. And my wife, I come home and my wife says, "How would you like to be on the Treble Board of Health board?" And I said, "I don't really like boards." She said, "Well, I have to call Vicki and tell her you you don't want to be on it." And and I didn't have the heart to call Vicki and say I don't want to be on it. So I've been doing [laughter] it since then. >> And you didn't know what lovely people you would meet? >> Yes. I had nothing. I I
006would just said no if Vicki asked me, but she she asked Amy. >> Yeah. >> And Amy accepted. [laughter] >> Yeah. I had a friend of mine who actually was called Vicki called her to see if she wanted to do it and she said she couldn't but she recommended me. So I think that same sort of thing happened. And Allison trying to trying to unmute here. So Allison Balance, nice to meet you. Thank you for joining us. This is my second term on the board of health and like Karen said, I roped her in and I work with her over Smileo Trumble Oncology and pretty sure you have taken care of both of my kids at some point. [laughter] We are PHA fans and patients and so I was thrilled to hear that you were
007taking on this role. So very excited to have you here. Cool. >> Terrific. And then Taylor and Joan obviously are both staff, but you have met already and had conversations. Oh, okay. >> Email. >> You're muted. >> No, we we've we've not met yet. Um Sue and Sam went over to PHA and met with Dr. Diane and we haven't roped him over to our little our little home yet, >> but we will. >> So, >> we'll get you eventually. >> Yeah. And Dr. Diane, I come with from more of a global health background. Um, after my years as a neonatal nurse at CHOP in Philadelphia, then I went overseas and did a lot of health system strengthening >> for many years and uh and I'm just excited to be part of Trumbull. I grew up
008in Trumbull, live in Shelton. >> Wow. >> And just this is just the best. >> Amazing. >> And Joan, you recently joined us to in >> in October. >> October. >> Yeah. Right. Right. And we were thrilled when Joan came on board. We have been truthfully I I am you will get to know me. I don't compliment I'm I'm a hard marker. I don't compliment people just for the sake of complimenting people. But we have been blessed with wonderful staff. >> Um they come on board, they jump in. Um we've had Joan is our third wonderful director. every time we thought we would never be able to match the director who left, we have another one who comes with their own wonderful gifts. So, and Taylor, you know, runs the show. We aren't going to
009even go there. So, we have really been blessed with wonderful staff. Um, great relationships with them. Um, you know, a trust and honesty between all of us. um a comfort level of being able to speak up and say ask a question or know what are we up to. Dr. Kungl was in in your position for many many many many years. Um and we welcome you and we know that you will make this position your own. So we thank you so much for coming on board and uh you're going to find as you get to know people that we we're a good group of people. It's it's it's astonishing how fortunate we've been. >> Yeah. So, we're we're very fortunate. So, >> um I guess we'll just kind of move on unless you want to tell
010us a little bit about you. >> Yeah, please. >> Sure. I uh so I'm Nimrod Dian. I am uh currently the chief medical officer at Pediatric Healthcare Associates at PHA. >> Okay. >> Um I started in the Trumbull office. I've been in the Trumbull office for 20 July will be 21 years. Um and I will continue to be in the Trumbull office and so many of my patients are Trumbull Monroe New Town families. Um so it seemed very um natural to sort of segue into this. Um so you know that I was presented the opportunity. I said this sounds great. I would love to do it. Um and here I am. >> Great. Well, thank you. >> Ignore uh please ignore my ignorance, but is PHA was Rick Freriedman of a a pediatric? Okay, so
011all right, now I'm now I'm in. I get it. >> He's still there. >> Oh, is he? Oh, God bless him. He I adored him. My My boys are 35 and 43, >> but um yes, you'll have to tell him Nancy Bush still adors him. He he uh >> he carried us through [clears throat] many a difficult time including a an ear infection where he let us come and he saw my son on his kitchen table >> table right >> which I will never forget. Um and he uh I think the relationship that a family has with their pediatrician is uh um I don't even have a word for it. It's just something. >> It's important. >> Yep. >> So, um, yeah. So, you can tell him I still remember him, >> right? >> So,
012um, terrific. All righty. So, we can get to public comments. Um, have there been any public comments that we need to address? Um, I haven't seen anything on Facebook that worried me or concerned me. Um, I know during the measles piece there were some comments there that were, you know, a little bit >> I'm sure >> commenty and uh, but you know, we dealt with them with grace and um, knowledge. I'll put it that way. All righty. The review of the minutes on January 7th, I did review them. I'll give everyone a chance to do the same. And once you've had that opportunity, I will um entertain a motion to uh accept them. >> Okay, Deb, I see your lips moving, but you're on mute. So, um I accept your your motion. >> I make
013a motion. >> There we go. would I'll second it. >> Perfect. And all those in favor say I. >> I. Okay. So, the minutes are accepted. Um, review of the January health department activity report. I um and and by all means, Joan, do your thing. I was very interested in some of the meetings that you had and the first part of your report. if you could throw a little information at us about some of those meetings as you go through who you met with. Um I'd appreciate like for example um the counseling center. Um what was kind of what was that piece? Um I see you met with the board of ed superintendent. Um was that about measles? Whatever. So, if you could just include a little bit um you know, couple of sentences about
014what some of those included, I'd appreciate it. >> Sure. Well, the counseling center reached out before the end of the calendar year um to schedule time in in January for me to meet um to meet Robin, the director at the counseling center, just to get to know each other because we should be collaborating um quite a lot. >> Yeah. >> Um turns out we went to the same tiny university in Western New York State. Go figure. >> Oh wow. >> Tiny. Um and and that was wonderful just for me to understand all their programming that the breadth of their programming which I hadn't quite known. >> Um so that we can look at ways to collaborate. They are eager to >> um include our TAG members, our you know our teen advisory group >> with
015a lot of the activities they do with teens. um they really want to make sure that we're um fitting together well >> and so that was a great way to start the year >> and I also reached out to Dr. Seml's office to meet with him because we didn't know what was going to happen with measles or anything else and thought um before things get really really busy for them at the beginning of the year meet him and get to so we would at least be familiar with each other in case something big happened. Heaven forbid it would be at the high school or even any of the public primary schools. It was not easy when it happened to a private school and at least we could we didn't even talk measles that much but
016just got to know each other. I got to understand a lot of um his programming and approaches and he got to understand me and the health department a little bit too. >> Well, that's I think that's terrific that you have a relationship before there's a catastrophe, right? And then you can talk to each other, you know each other, and you have some trust before you have to jump in. Terrific. Terrific. >> There was another one that I Well, you did the budget, which I totally get. >> Um, >> and we still have the hearing to come um with the finance committee. >> Okay. Well, that to my understanding on occasion can be a little bit difficult. If you need anything, including me to be there or anything, I'm happy, you know, to be there and
017support you. >> But once our we're waiting for the town to finish their pieces of our budget, they do all the utilities and things like that. >> Yeah. >> Once it's completely done, I'll share it with you. >> Okay. >> And and give you some of the rationale behind we we moved a couple things a little bit. U but >> well it's gotten a little bit easier the past few years. I think that and this is just totally my bias but I think people really had a greater understanding of how important the health department was um with all the [clears throat] you know between COVID and all the crises that have happened over the years. But there were times and Deborah will remember this when we had to argue about letting the staff get a
018t-shirt that said health department on it. >> Right. Um so we've uh come a long way baby right Deb and um so but if there are things that you need our support we're here. >> Yeah the the biggest difference this year is that we have to pay for the community health needs assessment again. So that's making that it's every two years and that's $5,000 that we pay to Yale. Um, so it because our our um contracts line is modest to begin with, that additional 5,000 looks like a big jump. >> And so just making sure that it's clear it it is it is seasonal. You know, it's every two years. And then we also had taken some of the vaccin vaccine line because we're buying enough vaccines but we're not using the full amount that
019was budgeted the last two years uh for an electronic health record. >> Yeah. We we feel that we really need to um become HIPPA compliant, protect PII um and to make sure that things are much more efficient for both Sam getting things uploaded to the state and for Taylor and Jen to be putting our billing through and we think we found a wonderful program. We're going to have to use some funds from this year to do um the initial package, the initial process of them getting you onboarded is a little more expensive than your annual subscription. And then the annual subscription should fit nicely in our budget as long as finance doesn't pick it apart. But we're focusing that compliance is really the key here. >> Absolutely. And [clears throat] and then I would think
020billing you would be able to have a lot less time spent on billing. Correct. >> The billing will be far more efficient. >> Yeah. Yeah. So you you you might actually make up some of that money with either saving staff time or >> more efficient billing, >> right? And and we're able to eliminate the current um clearing house that we pay for. We can it's a couple thousand dollars. we can eliminate that to help pay for the electronic health record because the one you want to choose and and Bill, I'm writing you a memo so you can understand what this is. >> Um, so it'll make things more efficient. >> Terrific. >> We're excited. >> Terrific. So, we're moving into the future. Thank you. Those were the questions I had. What else would you like
021to tell us about for your activities for January? >> Well, how about if I can interrupt, Joan? Yeah. Um, how about grant writing? Are there any grants out there that might um, you know, be able to be used to offset some of the costs? >> Yeah, Deb, we're looking. We're looking. It's so tight right now because of the dismantling of the whole federal system. >> Yeah. >> Um, you know, a lot of what we get from the state is actually federally funded, >> you know, as a source. So, there's not much there. I think the next thing to look at, you know, always looking at the state and what they have coming in either >> from the state coffers or from and advocating at the state level would be a great idea. Um or from
022the feds. There's still some money coming in from the federal level. And then there are some foundations that look at strengthening local local health teams and we might need to maybe partner with a couple of other um districts or health departments to go together. >> I was thinking >> like I I can't give you a name right off the top of my head, but like for the tag for like the drug um advocates, you know, to >> Oh, the teapot. Yeah. Teapod is writing a they're currently writing a big grant right now. >> Okay. Yeah, they're they're in the process at the moment and they're excited about it. >> But we lost some grants, did we not? >> I think we did. >> We lost some grant money due to this >> government change. >>
023Yeah. Yeah. We're we've just passed the anniversary of um all those executive orders, that traumatic moment. So, we choose to forget that time. We did um two of those were actually in their last year. >> Uh but they didn't get renewed either. So, >> yeah. Yeah. Yeah, >> what you always kind of hope for. >> So that's a great point though, Deb. Looking for >> looking for grant money is always a godsend. >> Yeah, but just you know anywhere um >> and and it helps us to do more creative interventions >> when we have grant money. So we will it any of you if you see anything out there or see anything that might be worth me hunting down very happy to do that. I'll keep my eyes open especially at the college level. See
024if there's anything they tap into. >> Yeah. Um love to. >> And the other question I had I can't I don't mean to keep derailing you but um while it's on my mind. >> Um do we have any interns >> from the colleges? Um we we used to get somebody from Sacred Heart, somebody from Southern. >> Yeah, we have one person right now from was it Oak Oakill Oak? What's the name of that college? It begins with oak. It's We have a nursing student. Um >> Oh, not familiar. >> Emily, >> maybe it's an online program. >> I think it's down like in Reading or Nor. Anyway, we we do have we do have one person. It's not she she actually has a project she's doing. So, Sam is mentoring her >> and she's she's
025an RN student. um an an adult RN like a mature RN site. >> Um >> and so she's going to be doing a Narcan training. >> Okay. >> Um and and I think then for her capstone, Sam's working on her planning some other work for that. So it's less of the younger interns that can do >> Yeah. like beef up her social media or that kind of stuff. Yeah. We we don't have those at the moment. >> All right. Yeah, we we'll stay open to them, though. >> All righty. >> They're always creative to have. >> Yeah. >> Well, now that we we both interrupted you, why don't we let you get back [laughter] to your record? >> Sorry. >> Well, just a reminder that we had a little water mane break that I don't
026know, Glenn, if that affected you guys or not. >> We were Yeah, we um us in the same building as Nimrods, so we're both um we're both closed today, I think. Yep. >> Really? >> Oh, you did? Oh, we thought it might have been below you. No, it was um we got no water, so we had to close the whole office. >> Yeah. So, um we we got the notice like around 6 something this morning and uh poor poor Meg Murphy had been out there since like 2:30 in the morning or something. And so we closed a couple of restaurants um two two actual restaurants because it was mostly from const uh Constitution or Commerce Commerce downing. Yeah, I'm confusing Shelton and uh Trumbull right now. Sorry. >> Um over over toward Trumbull but then
027stopping at the tennis club. So we it was really only um >> Pronto 123 was it >> Pronto? Yeah. Yeah. Pronto 123 was affected but only for coffee because most of their food is prepared. >> It's already prepared. Yeah. >> Yeah. And the same with Al um AllTown. It was um Mexine and the sushi place is >> Yeah. That whole area. >> Yeah. They weren't too happy that we closed them. Um and then there are a couple of buildings um like a sporting complex and unilver have cafes in their buildings that are licensed. So we closed them as well. I think it was less traumatic for them because they don't rely on off on people off the street and we we looked at because aquarian can't test the water until they flush the lines. So
028then today they would send samples off and they can't tell if there's bacteria in it until at least 24 hours, sometimes 48. >> And so when we looked at the rags on what it would take to allow the the um food establishments to stay open safely for with a workaround, it it wasn't worth it for a couple of days. You have to make sure they're not using um like crushed ice to hold the sushi cold because the ice would be contaminated. They can't use their automatic dishwashers. >> I mean, it just gets really you'd have to spend a long time with them >> on what the workaround was going to be for the entire restaurant process. >> So, that would be worth it if we ever have a huge storm that's going to take two
029or three weeks to recover from. Then we can go in and help them make a plan. and we can get the state to help us, but for 24 hours um it they it wouldn't be safe to try to do all those workarounds without enough support. So, unfortunately, they're closed for a couple days. >> So, and and Bright View Daycare said that they were moving their their kids and their teachers over to a different building. >> Okay. >> Um and I think Kuman was closed if I'm not mistaken. >> I didn't realize that it was in in my mind's eye. I didn't realize it was going to impact to such a degree. So, you obviously had your eye on the ball there. >> Well, there you go, Joan. Another new thing. [laughter] >> So, every time
030I have a Zoom with you, some crisis happened during the day. >> I know. >> Last time we meet with measles, no water. There's always >> I think I want to meet in person from now on. They seem to be calmer. >> That's right. >> But anyway, that was our adventure for the for the day. And you know, Rich and Nichollet were the ones who went out. They um Dr. Diane, they they are are our sanitarians and they're just so um calming but firm. So >> they they're they're polite and um very even killed, but you know, when Rich tells you to close, you're going to close. So >> it worked out really well. >> Great. >> We we finished our last two doses of flu vaccine. Okay. Okay. >> In January, uh along with
031like eight other vaccinations we gave during the month, which was nice. Three of those were MMR. >> I saw Well, I didn't see obviously February, but I saw uh January. Yes. That you >> Yeah. >> Um Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we were glad that at least a few people are thinking about MMR for their kids. Um and it looks like most of the flu is subsiding but um they there's now they're saying uh not at state level but federal level that flu B influenza B is starting to like crop up but it won't be as raging as our influenza A was this past year. >> Yeah. So, we just ordered our flu vaccine for next season yesterday and um so Sam is gonna swap out a little bit of the flu block that we ordered
032this past time even though it's a lovely vaccine. People just aren't used to it >> and get a little bit more high dose. >> Okay. >> Which is very very popular. >> Well, you've got the o over 65 group, right? >> We have Yeah. And yeah, who could use flu block, but um they like their high dose. So, we're gonna order >> more, but we'll keep the total amount at about the same level for the next flu season. It's amazing that you have to order it, but so early. >> I know. >> And we'll we'll get the entire stack in in August and we'll start marketing and encouraging people to come a little bit earlier, even though people still call and inquire. Um, the sanitarians were still pretty busy for January. They finished off all
033of the cosmetology and tobacco licenses. Um, they, you know, they keep doing a lot of inspections ongoing all the time, but the ones they spend the most time with are when they have to go back and reinspect and coach and and get a um an establishment back on track. and still some septic permits even at this time of year. At least they're not trying to do soil samples right now. But Rich was pretty cold. He did a he did a few um early in January before we got this big snow and it's amazing that they're still thinking about septic. I don't know why. >> Yeah. So, I I noticed um well, in terms of some of the inspections, I noticed that one of our restaurants in Trumble Center is closed, and I know they were
034one that had been repeatedly um visited. >> Are you talking about it? >> Yeah. Did they just >> Well, I think because the Trumble Center I I think it was more due to their rent. >> Okay. What's just going on in Trumble Center? It's kind of dissolving the entire >> It wasn't us. Okay. >> Yeah. No, we did not shut it down. I I I'll let you know if we have to shut anyone permanently. >> Okay. >> Uh we only do short closings until they get something back on track. >> That's what I kind of thought. But that's kind of interesting that you got some people coming in from measles. Were these older children that were just starting or maybe updates or do we know? >> I didn't ask Sam. Okay, Nancy, but but that's
035a great question. Next time I'll ask her a little bit more about like who are these kids. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> But they were all they were all pediatric. >> Yeah. Glad to see >> we're not doing adult MMR. >> Yeah. Glad to see it. Yeah. >> Uh the storm obviously distracted all of us for a few days. That was exciting. Um radon awareness was great. Uh they distributed 45 kits at the event in at the library and um Taylor I think you told me I thought I wrote it in this sentence but like another seven or so were distributed even after people heard about the event couldn't get there at the library so they came into the health department and got their radon kits. >> Good. >> Yeah. and um Rich and Nicollet coached
036everybody on how to place them um and encouraging everyone to send them back into the state. We'll get the results and the household will get the results to see if they need to do any mitigation, but it it apparently it takes a long time, so we won't really know. >> Um we did the know your numbers event on Monday. >> Yeah. >> Which uh it it was good. It was like a steady little trickle. We didn't get a ton of people, but we did get to use some of our um HB1C point of care test kits, which was great. Um we I think it's something that we can do even more often as we have the kits. It' be terrific. Both cold has kept some people indoors. I mean, I noticed that at some other
037activities that I've been to. Um it it's been cold and when it's four or five degrees some people just aren't coming out of the house. >> That's and very rational. Very rational. I we we completely understand that. Um but also planning the and then we're also planning the blood drive. So that's on the 27th at the senior center. It'll be down listed again down below with what's coming up. Um, so the planning's gone really smoothly because it's with the Red Cross. What we also want to do is make sure that we talk to the town about releasing workers to have the time to go because it takes a little while and make sure that we're as a town that we're invested in um helping to make these events successful. In addition, >> sorry, Joan, do
038you know do they still have spots available for the one they do at the town? Okay. Yeah, if they do, >> it'll be at the senior center, not at town hall. >> Okay. I do think it's important to allow employees time to do it. Um >> yeah, >> you know, everywhere I've well, of course, I only worked in hospitals, but [laughter] um >> it's a given. Yeah. >> You know, but but um I think, you know, giving people time off from being on duty to be able to do that is is important if they can. >> Um >> Yeah, totally agree. Um and so both Sue and Sam um participated in a region one emergency preparedness Arctic blast tabletop exercise which was very thematic given and it was planned long before our arctic blast >>
039Arctic blast. >> Yeah. [laughter] Um [clears throat] so that that was great. >> Oh yeah. And Sue is in the thick of uh and Sam's helping her in the thick of a whole bunch of preparedness exercises that are going to be happening from um next month through May, mostly March and April, but it it's going to be busy. The next one is a cyber security tabletop exercise, you know, where everybody's going to talk through their plans um just with Stratford, Monroe, and Trumbull. And so that's health teams, emergency management teams, IT teams, everyone coming together and figuring out what we would do if. And so there's a whole scenario and it's facilitated by um the cyber security and infrastructure sec cyber and infrastructure security team at Homeland Security. they have a um a team based
040here in Connecticut and that person will come facilitate which would be great. And then there's a um two in sequence this like region one biohazard 100 tabletop exercise. It'll be an infectious disease or well no it'll be a biohazard. Could either be an infectious disease being released or um or or it could be another >> chemical >> by Yeah, it could be a chemical. Yeah, it could be anthrax even. You But >> I I think it'll actually be it. >> I They haven't told me what the pathogen's going to be. So, we find we'll find out. >> I think that's supposed to be a secret so that we >> Okay. are prep because we're going to be taken through um the the immediate incident and on through how everybody communicates, coordinates, comes together and what
041happens um from there. And then that will be followed up by a fully functional um exercise taking place at a middle school in Westport with our entire region. Um and that one will be setting up a point of distribution which will be cool. That's always >> okay >> fun. >> And then uh we did the budget, submitted the budget, talked to the first selectman and her team about it. Uh we started reviewing these electronic health record systems and Sam started mentoring her RN student. coming up. Apart from those um exercises I mentioned uh for preparedness, we've got the blood drive coming up on the 27th. We're still doing our CPR h our hands only CPR video challenge. If you know anyone who might like to watch a one and a half minute video um and
042then answer the only questions they answer at the end of it are is this your first time or a repeat and then the other one is what town do you live in? >> Okay. >> And we are trying to get Trumbull to start beating Fairfield and Stratford. >> Um we're we're out of the entire state I think we're number five. So we're doing okay. Is that on your face? Did you have a Facebook on it? Because I usually try to >> I think there was a link on Facebook. I'll ask Sam to put it up one more time. >> Okay. >> To see if we can reignite it because we've got half a month to go for heart month. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And then food establishment licenses start next month. So that's the busy
043month for that team. So some nice activity coming up. Any questions? >> As always, you're always so busy and I'm always amazed at everything that your the team accomplishes with the limited amount of time and people and you accomplish so much. Um, it's it's always amazing. So, um, congratulations for all the successes. I I I know I ask this every month and I apologize for it, but the lead cases, do we know what those lead cases are about? Are they from, you know, people redoing their homes in the old home and having lead or >> what is >> the ones we have right now are are all old. So, um I I'll check with it. And what's nice about the lead is that it's the sanitarians and Sam like work together on the lead, which
044is really cool. >> Um that it's a very holistic approach. So, and and Rich keeps track of what it is. A lot of it, from what he told me when I first arrived, most of it's dust. >> Oh. >> Uh well, it's which comes from the it comes from the environment. So, it's either coming from the paint in much older homes that's starting to disintegrate a bit. >> Yeah. >> Um it years and years ago it was living near highways, but I and with open windows, but I think that's not the case anymore. >> This be interesting if we if we need to focus any education on it. That's my only thought. I don't know. >> Yeah. And we have a lot of material. There are some new state guidelines on um accessing funding for
045um remediation and mitigation. So, we're they're trying to streamline that because it's managed through the children's hospital, Children's Medical Center, and it can kind of get backlogged a little bit. So, they're trying to streamline it and have the local health departments take more of a role in um bring the health local health departments in earlier at an earlier stage of doing the followup once they're diagnosed. >> Dr. Diane, do you find that you've got children um with the high lead levels for that are focused on one particular cause? >> Not particularly. We we've got, you know, we we screen them at ages one and two. Um and we really don't, you know, we don't get that many that have an elevated lead level. Um, more often than not, >> um, it's either, uh, the house,
046um, occasionally it's kids eating dirt and stuff, but >> Yeah. >> soil. >> Yeah. >> And then they they do check out the spices, too, because that's >> really Yeah. >> Yeah. They're finding more um turmeric. >> You know what? I just heard that. Um, >> yeah, >> there's arsenic in >> Oh, shoot. in um oh what's the um that the candy um nerd is it nerds >> nerd has arsenic >> arsenic yeah >> I forgot where I just heard that um >> there's something in everything >> yeah I know >> I think it's nerds that I just heard it yeah >> my kids love nerds oh jeez >> now don't quote me for sure but I'm pretty sure it was it was nerds [laughter] >> okay wow >> that's pretty >> anything else then
047on your activity report that you would like to add. Joan, have we stopped and started you enough? >> I think that's >> Yeah, sorry. >> You know, now that you know the holiday season's over and the snow has finally given us a break, we can get into more routine stuff. So, >> Okay. Yeah. Okay. Um, so in terms of old business, why don't I ask the question about the June meeting, which currently is scheduled on June 10th. And look at me, I still have a paper calendar. Um, for both Glenn and myself, June 10th is not particularly convenient. We could either cancel it or we could move it to the 17th if that works for people. >> Fine for me. >> Okay, then. Sorry, Taylor. You got you sent out all that info, but maybe
048we could change the June 10th to June 17th. >> That changed. >> Okay, thank you very much. We will do that and then we will miss um Glenn You don't on April 8th just to make sure we still have enough of us which I think as long as just one person is missing he's going to be in some fun place that um >> we'll be wishing we were with him. >> But um >> I say do it. You know, I never everybody always says, you know, enjoy every day and do things, but you know, Karen and Allison and all everyone, it isn't until you face something, whether it's a health issue in your family or something that goes on that all of a sudden you say, "Yeah, you know what? I really should have been
049enjoying every day, right? >> Should have traveled more." >> Yep. So, enjoy every day. Alrighty. Um, is there any other old business that anyone Oh, poor Allison. She's picking up somebody. Um, is there any other um old business that anyone would like to bring up? >> Okay. >> Still wondering about the um what we're doing for Dr. Kungle. >> Yes. Have we heard from him? I know we sent flowers or fruit or something, but is there anything else that we've heard? >> Oh, we did. Oh, I didn't know we did. I think >> you said food a food. What was it? It was like a >> um >> it was a spoonful of comfort and it was like a soup basket. >> Yeah, that's nice. >> Yeah. >> Oh, cool. >> Okay. >> And have
050we heard anything else from him? >> No, >> we have not. Um >> I think we need to find someone who >> Yeah. >> can approach the family and just gently let them know that people are thinking of him, >> right? I have I can send a text. I'll do that right now when we >> Okay, that'd be great. Yeah. >> We're thinking about you and miss you. >> Yeah. Yeah. Because he's >> Thank you, Nancy. >> A wonderful guy. A heck of a guy. >> Um Okay. So, that's old business. Is there any new business that we need to bring up? Any thoughts? Any concerns? Um Dr. Diane, do you have anything that you would like to bring forward that projects you feel we should be looking at or >> I'm just getting I'm
051just getting my feet wet. So, >> give it give it time. I'm sure there'll be something. >> Okay, that's perfectly fair. Um, and uh does anybody else have anything that you feel we need to talk about? And Joan, is there anything else that you feel we need to talk about? any residual um measles stuff or everything kind of worked out well in the end. And >> I know you had some feed there was some difficult feedback for a while. >> Yeah, I everything's come in town. Um okay, the state is just now starting to do their debriefing. >> Oh, okay. of the entire it actually affected many many towns because of so many people being in doctor's offices and hospital waiting rooms and things. >> Um >> and so and next month I think we'll
052be part of a debrief with the school and the state >> u with just a couple of us to just kind of talk through communication patterns and things like that. >> Okay. So, >> okay, >> it'll become there'll be a little bit of discomfort during March all around, >> you know, it's it always makes each party both like the local and the state and everybody feel a little bit vulnerable because nobody's perfect. >> Yeah. >> But we'll get through it. It's it's all good. >> Okay. Well, if you need us, we're here. You know that. >> Thank you. >> Um Alrighty. So, um I guess one last welcome for our new doctor. Thank you so much. We are appreciative of you being here. And um yeah, please tell Rick I I I Another thing I
053adored about him was when I first started uh both my boys are adopted, so they were different ages and we didn't have a lot of information and whatnot. And he was wonderful because he said to me, "Now, I know you're a nurse, but I'm going to treat you like a mother." >> Right? >> And I loved it. I just thought, [clears throat] you know, that was the perfect way to get started and um you know, I just always thought the world of your whole group truthfully and I know um all of us feel that way. So, you're so welcome. >> You can you can tell him all those wonderful things because >> I absolutely will. >> I did. He probably won't. My boys are very grown. So, he >> Oh, you'd be surprised. He remembers
054everybody. [laughter] >> Yes. Well, when I was walking through Yale, I was walk I think I got lost because Yale is like miles and miles and I was walking through a building and I saw um a picture of pediatric residents and I recognized him in one of the pictures. >> So, um yeah, I'm I'm sure I I remember walking through there and seeing that. So, at any rate, we welcome you. Um we always appreciate Glenn. You always are so helpful as is everyone and we appreciate you all. So I will if there's nothing else to discuss entertain a motion for adjournment. >> Make a motion. >> Karen and >> Deb, would you like to second? I >> think Glenn is >> Glenn second. And all those in favor say I. >> I thought I heard
055you Glenn. I'm sorry if you're Thank you. So, so we will all be together in person on March 11th and that we will see each other then and uh be able to shake hands and say hello. So, thank you Allison for doing this while you're picking up children and doing your thing. Karen, thank you for doing this while you're going through your own health struggles. >> Thank you. No problem. and we appreciate um everyone's input and this is a terrific group of people and I'm proud to be a part of it. So, and Joan, as you know, we welcome you and Taylor every day. So, and Bill, we couldn't do it without you. >> Oh, thank God for Bill. >> Thank God for Bill. Alrighty. So, good night everyone. >> Good night. Take care. He
056went a bud.