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[[Marie-Louise Zelmat] Developing Health is part of the healthymagination]
[initiative, and it is about increasing ]
[access to primary care in underserved communities.]
[What it means to me, I think it's really important]
[as a GE employee, I feel that I'm ]
[very privileged and I think it's important for]
[us to give back to our community and]
[do whatever we can to help them. ]
[[Anup Sharma] We picked Houston as a candidate city]
[because we have a large presence here, and Houston has]
[30 percent uninsured population.]
[Our role in the community will be ]
[partnering with the Health Centers.]
[We are going to give them a grant for a quarter of a million dollars and then]
[look at creating volunteer opportunities for our employees. ]
[[Jeffrey R. Immelt] This is where healthcare is going to be delivered in this country. ]
[bring access and do it at an ]
[affordable cost, which has got to be ]
[the focus of healthcare which is quality, ]
[access, cost all at the same time. ]
[Primary care has to be the front door]
[to improving healthcare future in this country. ]
[I think we can bring an industrial company, ]
[those two come together, really great things happen. ]
[[Marjorie Petty] Many of us, I think, have watched]
[what General Electric has done over the years--]
[the innovation and the philanthropy and also]
[the volunteerism of the employees,]
[the real commitment that you all have made to the communities that you]
[live in and you're to be applauded for that. ]
[[Katy Caldwell] Here at Legacy we are deeply appreciative]
[of the help that GE is providing to us and]
[to the city and to the other of our sister agencies here in town. ]
[Through your funding of our area health centers,]
[your volunteerism, GE will make a big]
[difference in the lives of many Houstonians. ]
[[Dr. Richard Beech] At both locations, more patients are going to have]
[access to primary healthcare. ]
[That's going to allow us to diagnose conditions, ]
[such as diabetes and hypertension earlier, as well as]
[deliver life-saving medications to those same patients. ]
[Overall, this funding is going to help Legacy]
[improve access across our array of health services]
[to more patients to allow access to healthcare. ]
[Sorry, I'm not really used to public speaking this time in my life. ]
[[Amelis Pacinco, patient] Medical care is very important]
[to me and, I think, all the people.]
[I bring my children to the pediatrics department ]
[here at the Southwest Clinic. ]
[Thank you so much for your support for our community. ]
[The Gulfton community says thank you and God bless you. ]
[[Monte Atwell] I'm amazed at what this city is today]
[But having said that, I also know that there ]
[is a lot of issues that we have to deal with collectively. ]
[This is a great opportunity for us to ]
[reach out to our community that we live in]
[and really do a great job of bringing this to the next level. ]
