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Women’s History Month: 2 doctors working to provide everyone with optimal treatment
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two Pittsburgh medical doctors are working to offering everybody with optimum remedy.
“Equality would not equal fairness. And actually fairness is particularly giving sufferers and other people what they want to allow them to obtain their greatest well being,” mentioned Dr. Tracey Cont. “All of us have an element.”
Conti is doing her half because the UPMC and College of Pittsburgh Household Medication chair. And so is Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew. She is Allegheny Well being Community’s senior vp and chief medical variety, fairness and inclusion officer.
Each have spent greater than 20 years within the medical subject, striving to make a distinction. They give attention to giving girls and underserved populations the perfect care to create a powerful group,
“We now have not paid consideration to girls as we should always,” Larkins-Pettigrew mentioned. “We have not addressed them in analysis. We have not addressed them in educating our future leaders about their particular wants.”
These medical doctors mentioned that remedy has improved in recent times however extra must be carried out, together with prioritizing reproductive well being, coronary heart illness and dementia amongst girls.
“It is the social determinants of well being that influence that well being end result,” Conti mentioned. “So when there’s lack of accessible nutritious meals or locations to train or financial stability within the house, even housing, that every one impacts well being.”
In addition to having a various workforce.
“We all know that when there are extra girls within the subject of medication then extra consideration will get paid to girls, after which there’s extra entry to them in analysis research or particularly to recruit them,” Conti mentioned.
Additionally, entry to care and creating an efficient patient-physician relationship.
“That we’re ensuring we’re companions with you, that’ we’re listening to you, that we hear the voices of the communities and ensuring we’re reaching into the communities versus them reaching to us on a regular basis,” Larkins-Pettigrew mentioned.
Each hope their respective packages will assist shut the fairness hole.
“We’re investing in girls,” Larkins-Pettigrew mentioned. “We’re actually ensuring we’re masking their complete lifespan. We’re taking a look at different issues like work-life steadiness, how we’re actually taking good care of them in a behavioral well being and psychological well being house.”
In 2022, AHN launched First Steps and Past to cut back Black toddler mortality charges, which additionally decreases maternal deaths. UPMC opened the Matilda Theiss Well being Middle within the Hill District to create a one-stop store for medical wants. And the UPMC Well being Plan Neighborhood Middle in East Liberty affords numerous well being assets and baby care.
These medical doctors imagine the progress will proceed so long as the group embraces fairness.
“We’re actually fascinated with girls as leaders on this nation,” Larkins-Pettigrew mentioned. “We now have lots examples of ladies who’re phenomenal. We have to hearken to girls.”
“It is not nearly opening the door, however preserving that door open and pulling individuals by way of,” Conti mentioned.
These medical doctors say it’s a group effort and everybody will profit. And extra companies are on the way in which. This July, UPMC will open a household drugs clinic in Shadyside.
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Wildwood Golf Club’s 13th hole is a sight to see | The Elite 18
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HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Founded in 1960, Wildwood Golf Club is hidden gem here in the Pittsburgh area and features one of nicest Par 4’s in all of Western Pennsylvania.
“Number 13 at Wildwood is just a beautiful golf hole,” said Wildwood Head Golf Professional David Yokitis.
Not only is #13 beautiful, but a demanding dogleg right that can play up to 430 yards.
“It requires a little bit of a fade off the tee,” Yokitis said. “Hitting the fairway is a must off the first shot here.”
Hitting the fairway requires a precise shot from the tee with a fairway bunker on the right and trees on the left.
“If you blow it way right, you can hit it out of bounds down the right side,” Yokitis said.
“Anything on this green is a bonus,” Yokitis said, speaking to the difficulty of the hole, which features a deceptively-large green.
“You take your 4 and you move on,” Yokitis said of making a par alongside KDKA-TV’s Rich Walsh.
Wildwood Golf Club
Founded: 1960
Public or Private: Private
Location: 2195 Sample Road, Allison Park, PA 1501
Phone Number: 412-486-1200
Website: WildwoodGolfClub.org
Course Designer: George Wittmer, Jr.
Yardages, Course Rating, and Slope Rating:
- Blue – 6,615 yards – 73.1/136
- White – 6,222 yards – 70.8/134
- Silver – 5,632 yards – 69.0/125
- Red – 5,418 yards – 68.2/123
- Green – 4,766 yards – 64.5/115
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