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Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. Completes Production of Evacuation Ambulances for Ukraine

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

NEWMARKET, ON, Nov 10, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. successfully completed the final vehicles ordered by the Ukraine Ministry of Health through the State Enterprise Medical Procurement of Ukraine.

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  • NEWMARKET, ON, Nov 10, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. successfully completed the final vehicles ordered by the Ukraine Ministry of Health through the State Enterprise Medical Procurement of Ukraine.
  • Durward Smith, President and CEO of Terradyne, commented, "Dealing with the State Enterprise Medical Procurement team was nothing but professional.
  • The vehicles, 13 in total, were funded through United 24 (www.u24.gov.ua), which is a fund-raising initiative of President Zelensky.
  • These vehicles will be critical to evacuate injured soldiers and civilians from dangerous areas.

Global Times: Senior vloggers embrace vibrant twilight years in fashionable ways, showcase a more dignified old age with stronger security

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Friday, December 29, 2023

The average age of the 13 vloggers was 77 years old, and Wu was among them.

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  • The average age of the 13 vloggers was 77 years old, and Wu was among them.
  • They use trendy language, short videos and live broadcasts to share scientific and humanistic knowledge that young people are interested in.
  • Living in a society of accelerated population aging, how can we ensure that the elderly have support, happiness, and security in their old age?
  • How can institutionalized guarantees bring about a more dignified later life and enable them to embrace more possibilities?

Ukraine recap: counter-offensive gathers pace while Wagner Group takes on new role

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

Reports from the front lines of the various conflict zones reveal daily just how difficult Ukraine is finding its summer counter-offensive.

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  • Reports from the front lines of the various conflict zones reveal daily just how difficult Ukraine is finding its summer counter-offensive.
  • “The number of mines on the territory that our troops have retaken is utterly mad,” he told Ukrainian television this week.
  • Read more:
    Ukraine war: after two months of slow progress the long-awaited counteroffensive is picking up speed.

The trouble with the Wagner Group

    • This is a 60-mile stretch of Polish territory on its border with Lithuania, linking Belarus with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
    • Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko mischievously quipped to Vladimir Putin that he might not be able to control the Wagner mercenaries who, he said, were itching to “go west”.
    • Natasha Lindstaedt, professor of international relations at the University of Essex with a special interest in non-state paramilitary groups, says that while Lukashenko was clearly joking, mercenary companies such as the Wagner Group are notoriously difficult to control.
    • Read more:
      Wagner Group boss and Belarus's president are still manoeuvring for power

Scramble for Africa

    • But what Putin may not be able to achieve through diplomacy in terms of influence in Africa, Russia’s Wagner Group proxies appear to be securing by propping up unstable regimes (and destabilising others) across west Africa.
    • Read more:
      Russia-Africa summit: Putin offers unconvincing giveaways in a desperate bid to make up for killing the Ukraine grain deal

Crimean Tatars’ guerrilla war

    • Another important non-state group that is playing an increasingly prominent role in the war – this time on Ukraine’s side – are the Crimean Tatars.
    • It is waging what appears to be a highly effective guerrilla campaign, disrupting logistics, sabotaging key targets and stoking discontent against – and within – the Russian army.
    • Read more:
      Crimean bridge attack is another blow to Putin's strongman image

Russians on the home front

    • Matveeva has spoken with ordinary Russians who either donate funds or run grassroots campaigns to provide everything from stretchers and medical supplies to drones and other weaponry to help fill perceived shortfalls.
    • But there’s a sense that by helping the men at the front, it could reduce the prospect that their own sons might be called up.
    • Read more:
      Ukraine war: how Russians are rallying on the home front to support 'their boys'

Nato matters

Ukraine war: how Russians are rallying on the home front to support 'their boys'

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Their sons are being sent off to fight – and some have died.

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  • Their sons are being sent off to fight – and some have died.
  • Meanwhile, the cross-border raids from Ukraine on Russia’s territory and drone attacks on Moscow suburbs during the past few months have bolstered the Kremlin’s argument that Russia is fighting to defend itself.
  • To be patriotic, for many ordinary Russian citizens, is to “do your bit” to support the war effort.

Comfort and safety

    • By December it was estimated that the organisation had raised more than US$58 million (£46 million).
    • Typically, volunteers and fighters correspond before to agree on a meeting place, and photos are taken, confirming that deliveries happen.
    • They have knitted thousands of pairs of socks and sewn balaclavas for troops – but also crowdfunded drones.

Why Russians are rallying round

    • Wealthy oligarchs are conspicuous by their non-involvement – perhaps concerned at burning their bridges with the west where many still have money and property.
    • And there are those who feel that in this pivotal time in Russia, they should not be passive.
    • Many commanders feel embarrassed that they have to appeal to volunteers for help with basic necessities, requesting soap, socks and underwear.
    • One typical message from a soldier at the frontline reads: “You are our gold, we would have been doomed without you.”

Total war

    • The war has transformed Russia – as it did Ukraine, where civil society has performed the function of security provider.
    • It has inspired civic activism and showed that a civil society has emerged, albeit of a different sort than the west – which was hoping for grassroots opposition to the war – had aspired for.
    • This shows that the war has activated social forces in Russia – though it is yet not clear where this activism will lead.

Patient Handling Equipment Market worth $14.0 billion | MarketsandMarkets

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Friday, March 10, 2023

By type, the patient handling equipment market is segmented into medical beds, patient transfer devices, mobility devices, bathroom & toilet assist equipment, and stretchers & transport chairs.

Key Points: 
  • By type, the patient handling equipment market is segmented into medical beds, patient transfer devices, mobility devices, bathroom & toilet assist equipment, and stretchers & transport chairs.
  • By region, patient handling equipment market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middleeast and Africa.
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    Patient Handling Equipment Market Advantages:
    Patient handling equipment helps in transferring the patient from one place to another.
  • Patient Handling Equipment Market- Report Highlights:
    Refinements in the segments of the patient handling equipment market:
    The current edition of the report consists of an updated market overview, along with updated market assessments across all segments from 2020 to 2027.

Global Hospital Furniture Market Report 2022: A $20 Billion Market by 2028 - Size, Segments, Outlook, and Revenue Forecasts by Product Type, Manufacturing Material, Application, End User, Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The "Global Hospital Furniture Market Size, Segments, Outlook, and Revenue Forecast 2022-2028 by Product Type, Manufacturing Material, Application, End User, Region" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Global Hospital Furniture Market Size, Segments, Outlook, and Revenue Forecast 2022-2028 by Product Type, Manufacturing Material, Application, End User, Region" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • According to this analysis, the Global Hospital Furniture Market was valued at ~US$ 7 billion in 2017.
  • The demand for better hospital infrastructure due to rising medical tourism has also boosted the Hospital Furniture Market.
  • High costs attributable to hospital furniture, lack of design and creation, and patient-centered care issues pose challenges to the growth of the Hospital Furniture Market.

Anna Jaques Hospital RNs Go Public with Concerns for Patient Safety Resulting from Lack of Needed Staff & Closure of Essential Services

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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered nurses at Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH) are sounding the alarm about the safety of patient care at the facility due to the lack of needed staff in a number of departments and the recent decisions by the hospital administration to close essential services, including the decision last year to close the hospital's pediatric unit and the periodic closure of the hospital's Computer Tomography (CT) scanning service. 

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  • In response, nurses report that hospital management has done nothing to address the conditions, which have only gotten worse.
  • "We were also concerned that while the CT service was closed, the public and our patients were not informed of that fact," Carbone said.
  • After a public hearing on the closure, the state's Department of Public Health, deemed the service "essential" for the health of the community.
  • To date, AJH's administration has turned a deaf ear to the nurses' concerns and their efforts to address the nurses' concerns.

InventHelp Inventor Develops Sanitary Cover for Medical Stretchers (FJK 195)

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

My design would provide added protection and peace of mind for patients and medical workers using stretchers."

Key Points: 
  • My design would provide added protection and peace of mind for patients and medical workers using stretchers."
  • The patent-pending invention provides a sanitary cover for medical stretchers.
  • As a result, it reduces the spread of infections and blood borne diseases and it increases safety and convenience.
  • The original design was submitted to the Fort Lauderdale sales office of InventHelp.

Ontario Hospital Crisis Province-Wide and By Community

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Monday, October 24, 2022

While there is an international crisis brought on by the pandemic, the depth of Ontario’s hospital crisis is extreme comparatively, and it is not inevitable. Successive Ontario governments have pursued the most radical hospital downsizing policy of the country, and among virtually all developed nations. This does not excuse the current government. When the Ford government took power, it cut hospital funding to below the rate of inflation -- meaning real dollar cuts – to force continued downsizing leading into the pandemic despite clear evidence that the hospital cuts had gone too far. Wage restraint legislation that caps wage increases in public health care services at 1 percent while inflation is running at more than 6 percent continues to inflame the deep sense of anger, burnout and injustice among health care professionals who have risked their lives for us throughout the pandemic. The Ford government has remained intransigent, refusing to lift the wage cap despite the unprecedented staffing crisis across hospitals, long-term care and home care. Ford’s fiscal plan was – and remains – to keep hospital costs down to help fund tax cuts.

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  • Ontario Health Coalition calculations from: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Data Table: Hospital Beds Staffed and in Operation 2020-2021.
  • In addition, hospital professionals report that MRI shifts overnight have been left unstaffed due to the staffing crisis.
  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), a pediatric hospital and research centre in Ottawa, is facing unprecedented volumes in its emergency department this fall, with many patients admitted to hospital waiting more than 30 hours for an available bed, said president and CEO Alex Munter.
  • The Chesley Hospital emergency department closed on October 7 for multiple weeks with a scheduled reopening date of Dec. 2.

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Global Market Report 2022: Collaboration between Various Companies and Transportation Networks Presents Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

The "Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Service Type and Application" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Service Type and Application" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The market growth is attributed to the growing need for non-emergency medical transportation, rising incidence of chronic disease, and increasing geriatric population.
  • However, lack of efficient oversight systems, rise in fraud by NEMT companies, and lack of transportation services in rural areas hamper the market growth.
  • Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) service providers are widely known to serve Medicaid beneficiaries.