Patrick Fynn is a confluence between leadership and social impact, and the medical field. He is a telemedicine Physician and founder of Standout Care, an organization that seeks to take healthcare to underserved communities across Ghana. Patrick is also the recipient of the African Youth Awards Discovery and Ambassador of the One Young World Initiative.
We discuss his unconventional experience as a science student drawn to the arts and to leadership. He shares with us how he juggles a career in medicine and a passion to create social change. Patrick shares with us his story of finding himself in a remote part of Ghana as an assigned primary care physician which tests his resilience and mental fortitude. He talks about the challenge of misinformation and a general aversion to adopting new knowledge which plagues our societies. He describes this as being a central hindrance to providing health education and support to members of different communities. He touts the revolution of the education system as a critical tool needed to change this narrative.
We discuss his journey to founding Standout Care. We discuss one of Standout Care’s flagship projects that seeks to reach out to and provide healthcare for inmates of prisons in Ghana. Patrick reflects on the transformational experience of listening to the stories and prisoners and the realization of the challenges which plague the criminal justice system. He further describes the inadequate efforts put in place toward ensuring the reintegration of reformed inmates into society.
The conversation segues into Patrick’s leadership endeavors, where we discuss insights from his interactions as a medical practitioner during the coronavirus pandemic. Patrick also shares his thoughts on the state of leadership and the Japanese concept ‘Ikigai’ which can be employed as a tool for realizing one’s purpose.
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