Top 34 Quotes by Irwin Redlener

If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.

Poverty leads to hardship and failure.

The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.

There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods.

Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.

Hospitals are about healing.

Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

Nuclear terrorism is possible - it may be probable - but is survivable.