Prevention Over Prescription with Dr. K
Sep 22, 2026 · 25 min · 13 segments
In this episode of Prevention Over Prescription, Dr. K explores how metabolic syndrome develops and why early intervention could transform preventative healthcare. Can metabolic disease really be…
Kwadwo KyeremantengHostI'm an intensive care physician at the Ottawa Hospital, also the department head.
And number one, this is a summit that I am so sad not to be at because we need more of this right now.
We need more people coming together so that we can reach patients earlier.
As an intensive care physician, as you can imagine, I'm seeing the sickest of the sick at the late stages when it comes to their chronic disease, when it comes to patient care.
And what I'm hoping to come across over the next 20 minutes is having a level of urgency.
How do we meet patients earlier? How do we address these needs so that they are much less likely to see us in the intensive care unit? Because as many of you know, when you see someone like myself in the ICU, it's not a good day.
The PTSD, depression associated with that level of care, the impact it has on family members.
I can't speak to UK numbers, but in Canada and the US, we are in a crisis.
So what more, like what a more pivotal time than now to create that urgency and meet patients way before they need to see someone like myself.
I'm an intensive care physician at the Ottawa Hospital, also the department head.
And number one, this is a summit that I am so sad not to be at because we need more of this right now.
We need more people coming together so that we can reach patients earlier.
As an intensive care physician, as you can imagine, I'm seeing the sickest of the sick at the late stages when it comes to their chronic disease, when it comes to patient care.
And what I'm hoping to come across over the next 20 minutes is having a level of urgency.
How do we meet patients earlier? How do we address these needs so that they are much less likely to see us in the intensive care unit? Because as many of you know, when you see someone like myself in the ICU, it's not a good day.
The PTSD, depression associated with that level of care, the impact it has on family members.
I can't speak to UK numbers, but in Canada and the US, we are in a crisis.
So what more, like what a more pivotal time than now to create that urgency and meet patients way before they need to see someone like myself.
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