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On Saturday 23rd November PhysioNet volunteers packed all this recycled equipment into a 40ft container which was successfully dispatched to Zimbabwe where poverty levels and any health care is in crisis. Value of equipment, if new, approximately £85,000. Most of the equipment, if not repaired, cleaned and recycled would end up as scrap.
We have few expenses except for the collection of equipment from around mainland UK. Please help this by donating below – Thank you!
“We may not be able to help everyone in the world but we can make a world of difference to one person“
Equipment Partnership Programme
Read about our new Equipment Partnership Programme – a supportive assistance package for organisations overseas dealing with children requiring therapy equipment – opens a new page.
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.