Skip to main content

Kwadwo Kyeremateng

Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng is Head of Critical Care at The Ottawa Hospital, an ICU and palliative care physician, and host of the Prevention Over Prescription podcast and best-selling author of Unapologetic Leadership.

Oct 6, 2026

8:23
Do you have any comments on how the two are related?
8:26
I mean, whether they're related or not, it's just synergy.
8:29
Like, for me, just to put a little bit of color to it, I- you might ask yourself, why is an intensivist talking about preventative health, preventative c- care? Why would you when your expertise is in when somebody's life is in your hands, and they're about to die, and you need to intervene? What it came down to is when you saw what patients went through when they landed in an intensive care unit, when you look at the suffering they have as a patient, w- whether it's physical suffering, the mental health aspects.
9:08
We see a lot of PTSD, mental health, um, [lips smack] uh, depression, anxiety.
9:14
We, we see them a shell of what they were before coming in.
9:19
About, uh, about 15 to 20% of our patients don't survive.
9:24
The impact I've seen, we see it have on their families, and then the financial impact it has on society.

41 MINS LATER

50:35
Yeah, right

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.