Vivek ,
Thought this may interest you
Masa
From: Surgeon General (HHS/OASH) [mailto:surgeongeneral@hhs.gov
Sent: 02 December 2023 02:16
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: RE: The Coming Epidemic of Loneliness
Dear Hemen,
Thank you for reaching out to the Office of the Surgeon General and for sharing a bit of your story.
We appreciate you sharing these resources with our office – we’ll be sure to give your suggestion and thoughts all appropriate consideration.
If you’d like to learn more on social connection and technology, please visit: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/
Thank you!
Wishing you all the best,
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20201
https://www.hhs.gov/
From: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2023 1:34 AM
To: OS Surgeon.General (HHS\OASH) <Surgeon.General@HHS.GOV>; auyouthenvoy@africa-union.org
Cc: hcp@recruitguru.com
Subject: The Coming Epidemic of Loneliness
Dear Dr Vivek Murthy ,
I just came across following news report :
WHO sets up panel to combat loneliness
- Which reads :
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and African Union youth envoy Chido Mpemba as co-chairs of an international commission launched
by it to address the issue of loneliness — a pressing global health threat.
In a recently released report titled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation”, Murthy had stated that the mortality impact of being socially disconnected is like smoking up to 15 cigarettes a
day and even greater than that associated with obesity and physical inactivity.
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Fortunately , myself and my wife ( 90 and 86 ) , are lucky to be living with our children and a grand-daughter , in Mumbai . So , we are rarely lonely
But we know many friends / relatives and acquaintances , ( of our age ) , whose children are abroad and who have lost their spouses . They are terribly lonely and desolate
I have not read your book , “ Together – The healing power of Human Connection in a sometime lonely world “
I am sure , it must contain your suggestions on , how we , as a society can find “ ways to connect people “
But then , NGOs operating in this field can physically reach , only a handful of lonely persons
I have thought of employing TECHNOLOGY ( of internet / www ) to address this problem on a scale
I urge you to take out a few minutes from your busy schedule, to look up :
Share - Your - Soul / Outsourcing Unlimited …………………….[ 24 July 2016 ]
If you have more than a few minutes , you may want to look up :
Robot : A Therapeutic Machine ? …. ………………..09 Oct 2016
1 Doctor for every 10,000 Mental Health Patients ?... 04 Feb 2022
Thank You, Shri Ratan Tata : ………………………. 17 Aug 2022
You lonely of the World - Come to me ………………16 May 2023
Mental Therapists : ChatGPT / Stella : Conceived in 2016 … 08 Oct 2023
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
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