Encouraging: Amjad deserve praise for treatment focus
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Dr. Ayne Amjad served West Virginians capably and with a determination to keep us safe by arming us with information during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic here. She seems to be taking that same determination with her to her new role with the state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
"When we have big groups of populations of people, whether it's the state during COVID or inmates in different facilities, we have to pay attention to even that one that might be needing something instead of just glossing over and doing it so black and white because it's not," Amjad told WV MetroNews.
As she handles medical oversight for the state's jails and prisons, she says she hopes to make substance abuse treatment more available in the system.
"I think that's a big issue too because a lot of people coming in, if they've been on drugs or in a treatment program, those need to be continued and followed up when they leave," she told MetroNews. "We need to continue that care for them."
How wonderful to know there will be another perspective available in the administration of this system, from a person who understands the need for improvements -- particularly the kind that might help break a cycle.
Those who listened to her in her role as the state health officer know she'll take a no-nonsense and medically sound approach to making those improvements, and we are encouraged to know she has such important goals in her new job.