Greenburgh Creates Health Care Advisory Board

The Greenburgh Town Board recently approved a resolution creating a Health Care Advisory Board, and officials are seeking volunteers to serve on it.

The mission of the local advisory group will be “to promote healthcare advances among all age groups and to help residents keep abreast of recent studies and advances in healthcare which could aid in promoting good health among diversified groups,” according to the Town Board.

“The [Town Board] believes that there is a need for a local community committee that could act as liaison to the Town Board to work on informative public events addressing healthcare issues and, more generally, facilitate good health and well-being among residents of [Greenburgh],” said Town Supervisor Paul Feiner in a statement.

Among those the new group will call upon for insight are local residents who are survivors of kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas procedures and/or transplants, and members of the local Transplant Support Organization which has been meeting monthly at Greenburgh Town Hall for two years.

“The local advisory committee will also conduct and recommend such educational programs that, in the judgment of the committee, would increase good health and well-being of inhabitants of the community,” Feiner added. “The committee will also provide residents who have health-related problems with the ability to discuss their problems with other neighbors who experienced similar health scares. The committee can provide those who face medical procedures with uplifting stories from neighbors who successfully had similar procedures and are doing fine.”

For more information, or if you would like to be considered for appointment to the committee, send an email to townboard@greenburghny.com. Suggestions are also welcome.