St. Luke’s part of statewide Haitian relief effort
January 26, 2010
St. Luke’s Hospital, as part of the Iowa Health System and its affiliates, is donating more than $30,000 in medical supplies and goods to the Haitian relief efforts.
These supplies were delivered late last week to Project C.U.R.E. (Commission on Urgent Relief & Equipment) to its depot in Denver. From there, the supplies will be shipped to Haiti as quickly as possible. Four pallets of medical supplies – bandages, medical tapes, gauze, disinfectants, needles and syringes, catheters, surgical mesh, blood sampling kits, forceps and other miscellaneous items – are being shipped out. These are not expired products, but rather are supplies that either the boxes were slightly damaged or the health system no longer uses.
Additionally, the Iowa Health System Laundry is donating a pallet of surplus surgical scrubs – 2,000 tops and 2,000 pants. IHS is also sending 1,900 bottles of water. Project C.U.R.E. is the system wide initiative to distribute surplus supplies and equipment to countries around the world that are in great need. In the five years Iowa Health System has partnered with Project C.U.R.E., it has shipped 12 truckloads of supplies and equipment around the world.
Project C.U.R.E. was founded in 1987 to help meet the need for medical supplies, equipment and services around the world. Project C.U.R.E. builds sustainable health care infrastructure by providing the medical supplies and equipment that medical personnel need to deliver healthcare to their communities. Since its inception, Project C.U.R.E. has delivered medical relief to needy people in more than 120 countries.
