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Anderson County Hospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has added a new ambulance to its fleet thanks to a Rural EMS Program grant for $194,450, awarded by the Patterson Family Foundation.

After a vital 20-day deployment in regions impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton, Anderson County Hospital welcomed home its EMS crews this week.

Fabian Hardy has been healthy all his life: he served in the military, he consistently ate well – including fruits and vegetables – exercised, saw his doctor regularly and had a clean bill of health.

For three decades, breathing troubles followed James Seymore as he and his wife moved from one place to another. In 1980, he received his first diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis in Wyoming. The inflammatory condition can cause shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, and joint pain. His first bout resolved after a course of steroids, but it returned seven years later after the Seymores moved to Oregon.