57 | Hon Dr. Ayesha Verrall on parliament, Health NZ & infectious diseases

This episode launches to mark the change of our healthcare system into Health New Zealand. Honorable Dr. Ayesha Verrall is an infectious diseases specialist and Labour list member of parliament from Wellington. She is Minister for Food Safety and Minister for Seniors, alongside Associate Minister of Health and Associate Minister of Research, Science and Innovation. Ayesha is passionate about preventing illness so that every New Zealander can enjoy good health and live a free and full life. Ayesha lives in Wellington with her partner Alice and their daughter.In this episode, we discuss her journey from her childhood in Maldives to infectious diseases medicine, to her work as a Labour list Member of Parliament today. She expands on the similarities and differences between medicine and politics, her current mahi and projects, the challenges she has faced in this journey so far, balancing academia with medicine and her optimism for Health NZ. As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected] credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9YSupport the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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