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Elijah Wadkins, 11, uses the Onyx Electronic Video Magnifier and other assistive technology at Galloway United Methodist Church in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2022. About 10 children with severe visual impairment from the Jackson area had the tools donated to them by Sight Savers America, a nationally expanding nonprofit organization that provides eye care and low vision services at no cost to qualifying individuals. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Visually impaired Mississippi children receive free vision technology
By ERIC J. SHELTON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Thu,02/24/22-1:38PM , 1,932 Reads 18,067 Statewide
A national nonprofit on Tuesday donated special technology to 10 children with severe visual impairment that cannot be corrected with eye glasses, contact lenses, or surgical treatment. The children were from the Jackson and Hattiesburg areas.
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Natalie Shepherd, a surgical tech student, takes a break from her shift at Ocean Springs Hospital in Ocean Springs, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Inside a Mississippi hospital hard-hit by nursing shortage
By ERIC J. SHELTON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Tue,02/22/22-9:38AM , 1,886 Reads 27,092 Statewide
Mississippi hospitals have about 3,000 total nursing vacancies — equivalent to one-fifth of the state’s entire nursing workforce — according to a recent survey from the Mississippi Hospital Association.
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