{"id":233,"date":"2011-08-06T12:38:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T16:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2013-01-23T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T14:46:10","slug":"new-public-health-director-for-louisville-follow-up-or-lack-thereof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/new-public-health-director-for-louisville-follow-up-or-lack-thereof\/","title":{"rendered":"New Public Health Director for Louisville:  Follow-up (or lack thereof)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 24, I sent a copy of the\u00a0June 18 \u00a0Blog entry below to Louisville&#8217;s Mayor Greg Fischer, and to Mr. William Altman, Chairman of Louisville&#8217;s Department of Public Health. I repeated my request to reconsider the employment structure of Dr. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, the new Director of Public Health and Wellness. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/open-letter-pubhlth.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cover letter here.<\/a>) \u00a0The letter contains the mission statements of the Louisville Board of Health emphasizing its independence.<\/p>\n<p>I have not had a response, nor am I aware of any new information. \u00a0What do you know, and what do you think? \u00a0Add your two bits.<\/p>\n<p>[Addendum Dec 14, 2011: \u00a0When I wrote the above letter to the Board of Health and the Mayor&#8217;s office, I somehow thought that the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness \u00a0reported to the Louisville Board of Health\u2013 imagine that! \u00a0 While the details of accountability still elude me, it seems that the LMPHW Department is a branch of Louisville Government, reports to the Mayor, and is only &#8220;advised by the Board of Health. The Board of Health is &#8220;independent,&#8221; and is appointed by the Mayor. \u00a0Its Chairman was on the search committee for the new Director, Dr. Nesbitt. \u00a0If anyone can straighten me out about this, please do so. \u00a0The details of the organizational chart do not affect the substance of my letter nor my concerns. \u00a0I still think her dual employment it is a bad idea. The absence of her counsel in the current debate over the acquisition of University Hospital is appropriate given her conflict of interest, but missed.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Hasselbacher, MD<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-233\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/new-public-health-director-for-louisville-follow-up-or-lack-thereof\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-233\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/new-public-health-director-for-louisville-follow-up-or-lack-thereof\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-233\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/new-public-health-director-for-louisville-follow-up-or-lack-thereof\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20New%20Public%20Health%20Director%20for%20Louisville%3A%20%20Follow-up%20%28or%20lack%20thereof%29.&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khpi.org%2Fblog%2Fnew-public-health-director-for-louisville-follow-up-or-lack-thereof%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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