Supply chains run short, treatment programs close, and sometimes, patients just don’t tick the boxes.
In a world where spreadsheets rule, emotions lose more than they win.
Over the years, I’ve cut red tape, camped outside executives’ offices, negotiated access to drug trials for patients who were told no. I don’t always win—even when the risk hits too close to home.
Tea in hand, I sink back on the sofa but don’t pick up my laptop. Instead, I turn my focus to the charitable cause profiles Julian presented me with earlier. Five opportunities to soften public opinion.
I don’t like any of them.
Every single one is corporate. Vast organizations run from glass towers by people far removed from the ground-level impact they promise. Sure, the services would do good in the local community, but I know how much funding would disappear into administration before it ever reached the patient.
If Opengate is going to give back, it needs to mean something.
Something smaller.
Something real.
Something where I can see exactly where the money goes.
Julian will need to do better.