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COVID-19

Making It: These Hospital Workers, Scientists and Makers United To Help Native Americans During COVID-19

Peter C. Beller
July 01, 2020
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In early March, Kathy Armijo Etre was managing community outreach as vice president of mission for New Mexico’s oldest hospital, the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe. The hospital serves as the northcentral New Mexico hub hospital and is assisting with the statewide response to the COVID-19 outbreak amongst Native American populations. In her regular role, Etre set up programs to serve the area’s homeless and care for other vulnerable patients.

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COVID-19

Stemming The Tide: Global Nonprofits, GE Foundation Join The Fight Against COVID-19

Karsten Strauss
March 24, 2020
The rush to curb the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus got a shot in the arm this week, as GE donated a seven-figure gift to the United Nations Foundation to fund treatment and research. “We’re always willing to step up whenever and wherever we possibly can to make a difference in a time of crisis,” says David Barash, the executive director of the GE Foundation — the company’s philanthropic arm.
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Haiti

Living Legacy: 10 Years After Haiti Earthquake, Rural Hospital Endures And Expands

Anne Miller
January 15, 2020

When a powerful earthquake struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince in 2010 — killing more than 220,000 people, injuring more than 300,000 and rendering some 1.5 million homeless — Conor Shapiro was only two weeks into his new job as the director of Health Equity International’s St. Boniface Hospital in a rural area about three hours away.

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STEM

Fast Break: Celtics Highlight STEM Equipment Delivery To Everett Students

Brendan Coffey
April 17, 2019
Enrico “Rico” Vega, a seventh-grader at George Keverian, a public middle school outside Boston, wants to be a computer engineer when he grows up. He made the decision after spending a week exploring advanced manufacturing tools — think laser cutters — with his classmates. Those tools, plus programming software and a few high-profile advocates, arrived courtesy of the Brilliant Career Play mobile lab, which for the past three years has been exposing Boston-area students to the possibilities of STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Help In Need

Shaken But Strong: GE Tech, Donations Are Helping Indonesian Islands Recover From Massive Quakes

Brendan Coffey
December 20, 2018

The rescue effort in Sajang began as soon as the ground stopped moving.

On Aug. 5, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the mountain village on the Indonesian island of Lombok, leaving behind chaos and rubble. Search-and-rescue teams pulled their first survivor, a man named Hendri, from the ruins of his home as a crowd cheered: “God is the greatest!” Not long after, a 10-year-old girl was found alive and rushed to a local hospital.

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giving back

Helping Hands: In Massachusetts, A New Road To Opioid Addiction Recovery Starts At The Workplace

Kristin Kloberdanz
December 14, 2018

Seafood Sam’s is a seasonal family-friendly restaurant that serves traditional fare — lobster rolls and clam chowder — in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. At most workplaces, from tiny crab shacks to Fortune 500 companies, if an employee is suspected of taking illegal substances, he or she is quickly routed out of the organization.

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medicine

Life-Saving Lessons: GE Takes Safe-Surgery Funding To Southeast Asia

P D Olson
October 12, 2018
Odetha Deus remembers trembling earlier this year when hospital staff told her they’d need to perform an emergency C-section on her, and for good reason.
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GE Foundation Supports Expansion Of Safe Surgery 2020 Into Southeast Asia

September 29, 2018
GE Foundation announced its final piece of the $25 million commitment to global safe surgery by supporting the expansion of Safe Surgery 2020 into Southeast Asia, with the inclusion of Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The investment plays a vital role into accelerating access to surgical care in Southeast Asia as the region has one of the lowest levels of surgical provision in the world, with 97% of people currently unable to access safe surgical care.
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To Your Good Health - How GE Is Helping Cambodia To Bridge Its Healthcare Gaps

September 07, 2018
"Since 2009, GE - through its philanthropic arm, the GE Foundation – has provided $12m in funding to help bring quality healthcare to underserved communities across Cambodia. Modern medical equipment, new training programs, and other services, are some of the benefits that have been delivered to more than 40 hospitals in 25 provinces under this initiative.
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New Zealand’s GE Star

Jane Nicholls
August 08, 2018
A passing comment by her mum’s coworker turned out to be a boon for young Katrina Williamson, about to finish high school in New Zealand and hoping to study law at the country’s prestigious Victoria University in Wellington. Linda Williamson is a laboratory quality-control technician with GE Healthcare in Tauranga, and a colleague gave her the tip about the GE Star Awards. “After that, I kept an eye out for the emails about them,” says Linda, “but Katrina dealt with all of the application communication, which was quite a process!”
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