Welcome to our new website!
We hope you will enjoy our refreshed website where we bring you information about PhysioNet and our activities around the world.
Physionet teams up with LIHDA
LIHDA (Lymphoedema International Health & Delvelopment Awareness) http://www.lihda.org/ is a charity run entirely by volunteers. They have a simple goal: to improve the lives of patients suffering from lymphoedema, which is swelling of the limbs caused by various medical conditions. People suffering from this condition in low and middle income countries do not have access to garments to reduce the swelling, and they suffer from employment difficulties and social stigma. The garments are distributed by therapists through the health care systems and regulatory bodies in each country. The garments are shipped in containers or lorries with other redundant equipment in partnership with PhysioNet.
Thanks to NRS Healthcare
NRS Healthcare is a major supplier of disability and daily living aids. Saffron Walden Rotary Club have been active in collecting surplus equipment from NRS depots, and their commissioners, in the south of England. We have also worked with NRS depots in the North. Thank you very much to NRS Healthcare and Rotary.
Spinal Injuries Association of Fiji
Spinal Injury Association of Fiji
On
May 1st 2019 The Spinal Injury Association of Fiji received its 15th
consignment from the PhysioNet UK, which included mobility devices and
medical consumables for persons living with disabilities. While
officiating at the handing over ceremony, Minister for Women, Children
and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa, said access to mobility
devices was essential for many disabled people.
PhysioNet
PhysioNet was established in 2005 with the aim of providing physiotherapy and mobility equipment for the disabled in developing countries. Bulk collections of equipment are made from the NHS, Social Service Departments, Local Education Authorities and the private sector throughout the UK. PhysioNet is based in North Yorkshire with support centres in East Anglia, Lancashire, South East and the West Country. Equipment is checked and listed at the PhysioNet depot in North Yorkshire. Items are then sent in 40′ containers to destinations around the world, including Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.