Medquip - Give a Breath of Life

12/04/2021

We received a batch of medical equipment valued at approximately CAD $1M (if purchased new) from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Toronto to be donated to underprivileged hospitals in Bibile and Matara.
The shipment included one ultrasound machine, 10 ventilators, several bedside monitors, and more.
We partnered with MedicAid Sri Lanka who will be responsible for storage, inspecting, shipping, customs clearance in Sri Lanka, as well as dispatching them to the hospitals. MedicAid provides 100% traceability through a barcode scanning system and has teams on ground in Sri Lanka to dispatch the batches appropriately to needy hospitals.

Special thanks go out to venerable monks at the Mahamevmawa Buddhist Monastery in Toronto for their guidance and direction, the head of Clinical Engineering at the St. Joseph’s Hospital - Toronto, and to everyone who contributed.

A big shout out to our friends at MedicAid Sri Lanka for being willing to store, transport and dispatch the equipment.

10/20/2021

Dear Friends, We have donated three oxygen regulators worth 90,000 LKR to the District Hospital Galamuna, a rural hospital in Polonnaruwa, after an extensive search for an eligible hospital. The Galamuna District hospital notified us that their oxygen regulators were broken and not in working condition.

The staff at the hospital were very appreciative of our generosity as it was much-needed during these challenging times.

Please see the Facebook post from the doctor in charge of the hospital.

10/08/2021

Thank you, donors!

A quick update on the progress of the MEDQUIP - Give a Breath of Life charity

1) Donated 15 x Bull-nose regulators with British Standard sockets with the flow meters for the oxygen cylinders worth 450,000 LKR (~2800CAD) to the hospitals around Sri Lanka.

Maligawatte Transplant hospital x 2
National Hospital Colombo x 2
Ragama Teaching Hospital x 2
Matale General Hospital x 6

3 x units - pending donation.

2) Donated 400,000 LKR towards the Oxygen unit at the Kundasale Mahamevna Intermediate Covid Centre.

Photos:
1. Facebook Post from the District General Hospital - Matale
2. Donations of units to the Ragama Teaching hospital and Maligawatte Transplant hospital

3. Link to the Facebook Post from the District General Hospital: https://www.facebook.com/108103837190218/posts/572735204060410/?sfnsn=mo

09/28/2021

We were able to donate 15 x Bull-nose regulators with British Standard sockets with the flow meters for the oxygen cylinders worth 450,000 LKR to the hospitals around Sri Lanka.

09/19/2021

Donate & Share:
Please take a moment to hold your breath and read the rest of the content below because that might allow you to feel the misery of the patients who are fighting to survive in our motherland going through. WeCare4U Team Team in Toronto (established in 2010) is coordinating with Shraddha TV Sri Lanka and the College of Anaesthesiologists & Intensivists of Sri Lanka is organizing medical equipment fundraiser to help Sri Lankan hospitals fight COVID.

We have already collected $10,870.00 CAD were collected among us (in addition to the GoFundMe donation) and donated Rs1,905,540.00 (Sri Lankan currency) to purchase two bedside monitors.
All donations will receive a receipt issued by Shraddha TV in Sri Lanka for the corresponding conversion.

Please take a moment to hold your breath and read the rest of the… Waruna Kulawansha needs your support for Help Sri Lanka Breathe - MEDQUIP - Breath of Life

09/19/2021

Update: July 29, 2021
Thank you very much to all the donors who came forward in this timely need. We collected over $10,000 CAD in such a short time and donated two Vismo Bedside Monitors PVM-4000 series worth 1.9 M LKR (~$10,000 CAD) to the Colombo North Hospital Ragama, on July 29, 2021.
Our efforts are continuing. Please donate generously if you can and share the message:

Please take a moment to hold your breath and read the rest of the… Waruna Kulawansha needs your support for Help Sri Lanka Breathe - MEDQUIP - Breath of Life

09/19/2021

Update as of Sep 13:
We have received donations of
$15,055.00 (Rs2,798,205.00 LKR) so far, and transferred Rs1,904,088.00 already, left in our account (before fees etc) = Rs889,826.00

09/19/2021

Update July 29, 2021
We donated two Vismo Bedside Monitors PVM-4000 series worth 1.9 M LKR (~$10,000 CAD) to the Colombo North Hospital Ragama on July 29, 2021 using the collected donation.
The donation event took place at the Shraddha TV auditorium in Kaduwela, Sri Lanka.
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