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Katie Altahif MD
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Supportive Palliative Care. 🫶 💙 Living in chaos created by two doxies + a toddler. #medsky #hapc she/her
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As doctors and nurses, it is our moral duty to care for every person who walks through the door & needs medical help. Allowing ICE to raid hospitals & clinics is immoral and will lead to needless suffering & death. Reading this made me cry...what nation have we become? #medsky
Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making
Allowing ICE to conduct raids in hospitals and medical clinics is not only cruel; it is a public health catastrophe in the making, writes Eric Reinhart.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I’m going to continue to love those around me, do good at every opportunity, support those who need it most, and find happiness wherever I can.
January 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Working in healthcare is great. So rewarding. Just the best. #medsky
January 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
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December 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Yes but to be fair we also spend fewer years alive.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Long Live x New Year’s Eve x The Manuscript was the perfect ending. What a gift. The end of an era.
December 9, 2024 at 6:52 AM
As a palliative care doc and especially as a parent, I cannot emphasize this enough.
As a pediatric palliative care doctor, one of the most frustrating things is our society’s continued surprise that children are capable of knowing, processing, and engaging with heartbreakingly complex things.

I wish we gave them more permission to do so

#PedSky
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Post vacation tea, reading, and furry snuggles on a delightfully overcast day.
November 18, 2024 at 5:48 PM
This is why I take Monday off post vacation which I’m doing tomorrow. Follow along for more things my partner taught me 🙃
Probably the worst thing about getting home from vacation is having to go back to work.
November 17, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Hit the limit on my #Hospice & #PalliativeCare starter pack w/ 150 people.

If you haven't checked recently, you may want to follow all (or be choosy, it's up to you).

There may be enough that I can split up the starter packs by discipline. Another day! #hapc #medsky

bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 15, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”

HUMANS!
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Made the move this weekend. I’ve read a decent amount, and the move was seamless. I’m already enjoying the expanded rating system.
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 14, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Hey all! AAHPM sent out an advocacy alert asking people to contact their legislators to extend telehealth flexibilities, something critical for palliative care and hospice patients. Please add your voice. It only takes few minutes. www.votervoice.net/mobile/AAHPM... #hapc
Extend Access to Telehealth
Telehealth services continue to be a valuable resource to maintain and increase access to hospice and palliative care for patients with serious illness. Current flexibilities that allow for expanded a...
www.votervoice.net
November 12, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Not sure if we post TikTok’s here but the one that said this is the most evermore November that could ever… more has me in tears. The swifties know.
November 14, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Sundays are for watering plants, cuddling pups, and painting my nails. I love seeing all the pets of medsky.
November 10, 2024 at 6:41 PM
First real test of this platform was someone posting a game day pic.
November 10, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I hear that I’m supposed to post pet pics? #medsky
November 9, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Feels like the move is overdue. I hope I can find my med, palliative, and swiftie fams here too.
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM