15 January, 2021; Beirut-Lebanon; Rotary Clubs Beirut Cedars – Lebanon and Bad Homburg v.d.H. – Germany delivered the ventilator part of the MRI Compatible Ventilator to Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-UMC, this machine being one of six machines ordered for the hospital in the frame of a global grant, project value $379,946
Rotary Club Beirut Cedars partnered with Rotary Club Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany, District 1820 along with 27 German clubs (Club Verden/Aller, Club Wilhelmshaven-Friesland, Club Bad Hersfeld, Club Bad Homburg-Kurpark, Club Bad Homburg-Schloss, Club Bad Soden-Königstein, Club Eltville Rhein-Main, Club Eschwege, Club Frankfurt Airport, Club Frankfurt am Main-Palmengarten, Club Frankfurt/Main-Paulskirche, Club Fulda, Club Groß-Gerau/Rhein-Main, Club Hanau, Club Kronberg, Club Limburg a.d. Lahn, Club Kelkheim, Club Offenbach-Dreieich, Club Rhön, Club Rüsselsheim-Gross-Gerau, Club Rüsselsheim-Mainspitze, Club Weilburg/Lahn, Club Frankfurt/Main-Alte Oper, Club Marburg-Schloss, Club Garbsen-Wunstorf, Club Lüneburg-Hanse, Club Bückeburg), 3 German districts (District 1820 , 1850 , 1800) and 1 Middle Eastern district (2452) to replace important parts of the medical equipment that were severely damaged by the 4th of August 2020 Beirut port explosion, at the Pediatric, Oncology and radiology departments where underprivileged families receive treatment.
The ventilator supplied by Medicals International, Mr. Joe Mourad part of the MRI Compatible Ventilator will help in the fight against COVID-19, it is a life support machine that helps the patients breathes when he cannot do it on his own by mainly delivering air (and oxygen) to the patient’s lungs. Inside the MRI machine, there is a very big magnet, so for safety and functionality reasons only special equipment are allowed to be next to the MRI, thus ventilator for MRI is a ventilator made from special components that allows it to enter the MRI room and allows intubated patients to have a safe MRI procedure.
Rotary Club Beirut Cedars is working closely with Sister Hadia Abi Chebli the Congregation of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family and Professor Pierre Yared Former Dean of Faculty of Medical Sciences at the Lebanese University who are in charge the general management of the hospital and expect to deliver all equipment and have the ward again fully functional by end of March 2021.
All Rotary Clubs would like to thank our partners and specially the equipment suppliers (BENTA Med, DIMA Healthcare, Intermedic s.a.l., Medicals International, Siemens, and Tamer Freres s.a.l.) for their support and trust.
Rotary Club Beirut Cedars since chartered in 2010 has been working to support the Lebanese community by sponsoring projects related to eliminate hunger with its food box project, support literacy and education, disease prevention and treatment.
Club members materialized their efforts and assets to support club activities and projects aiming to support the local community specially during this hard crisis that the country is facing.
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