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• SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In an agreement facilitated by Sugar Land Economic Development and Tourism (SLOEDT) , Frazer , the nation's leading provider of emergency vehicles, will invest $4 million to relocate its headquarters from Houston to Sugar Land, Texas.
• "Being just minutes outside of Houston, Sugar Land has always been on our radar," said Laura A. Griffin, CEO of Frazer.
• This news follows Accredo Packaging's fourth expansion in Sugar Land, representing a $10 million investment, and SouthWest Water Company's expansion, which created 100 new jobs.
• Located 20 minutes southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is home to 12.4 million square feet of industrial/flex space, and 9.1 million square feet of office real estate.

• Lawmakers need to pass legislation that's by and for Kentucky residents," said Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman.
• "Senators need to preserve good union jobs, safe streets, and the will of the people by stopping this bill dead in its tracks."
• In states where driverless vehicles are already on the road, safety problems are widespread.
• "Many drivers across Kentucky have good-paying union jobs and contracts that have been hard-fought over many years," said John Stovall, President of Teamsters Joint Council 94.

• Squamish, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Squamish Hospital Foundation announces that Woodfibre LNG has committed $900,000 toward the purchase of a new Computed Tomography (CT) scanner at Squamish General Hospital.
• Having a CT scanner at Squamish General Hospital will provide improved access to important diagnostic health services for residents of Squamish and the Sea-to-Sky corridor.
• We sincerely thank everyone.”
  The Squamish Hospital Foundation has been fundraising for a CT scanner and have raised $200,000 towards its purchase.
• “Woodfibre LNG is tremendously pleased to complete the funding required to purchase a CT scanner for the Squamish Hospital.

• The WHO says that, as of Jan. 5, there have been more than 600 attacks on health-care facilities, with 26 out of 36 hospitals in Gaza severely damaged and 79 ambulances targeted.
• Over 300 health-care workers have been killed and over 200 have been detained by Israeli forces.
• This leaves patients with chronic life-threatening diseases, such as cancer, heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, with severely limited access to the ongoing medical care they need to survive.

Patients unable to access care for chronic conditions

• As nephrologists and internal medicine physicians, we are gravely concerned about patients in Gaza with chronic diseases who are unable to access care.
• There are more than 1,100 dialysis patients, including 38 children, in Gaza.
• Without adequate dialysis, fluid and toxins accumulate and patients typically die within days to weeks from respiratory failure or cardiac arrest.
• But in a health-care system under assault, patients are fortunate to receive any dialysis at all.

Patients needing life-saving treatment

• She then attempted to access dialysis at Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals, but both facilities had insufficient capacity to treat him.
• This is a tremendous challenge for dialysis patients who are faced with the uncertainty of when, where or if they will access their life-saving therapy.
• Anssam, age 12, was displaced from Jabaliya in northern Gaza to seek treatment in Deir El Balah in central Gaza.
• She had gone 15 days without dialysis and had to leave with her mother to receive life-saving medical treatment.

Loss of medical personnel

• Beyond the destruction of health-care facilities and a critical shortage of supplies, the loss of medical personnel may have the most devastating and longest-lasting impact on the health-care system in Gaza.
• He had hopes to expand dialysis care in Gaza and build a nephrology educational training program.
• His loss resonated far beyond his family, patients and colleagues in Gaza.
• We join the UN, the WHO, MSF and the British Medical Association, along with millions around the world, who call for an immediate ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian aid.

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