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Haiti: Broken Medical Equipment Crisis
Thousands of pieces of critical medical equipment go unrepaired due to no repair training school ever in Haiti. Caring Friends partnered with Houston and Haiti Rotarians to start a medical equipment training school in Haiti. In 2013, forty-five Haitian techs are in training from 23 public and private hospitals serving hundreds of thousands of Haitian residents.
Designated contributions provide room-board-tuition scholarship for a Haitian medical technician’s training in diagnosing and repairing critically important things laboratory equipment, blood pressure cuffs, blood suction machines, EKGs, etc.
Sustainability: preventive healthcare initiatives and vocational training initiatives for medical equipment repair provide long term medical benefits to both resident populations and healthcare professionals.