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Hospitals in Sri Lanka are on the verge of collapse. The current economic crisis is causing shortages of urgent medical supplies and essential medications around the country, leading to countless preventable deaths. Please help us save lives by providing urgently needed medical supplies and medicines to hospitals around Sri Lanka.
As a result of one of the worst economic crises Sri Lanka has ever seen, hospitals in Sri Lanka have been spread thin by shortages in medical supplies and medications. Intensive Care Units have been particularly affected and urgently require medical supplies to prevent unnecessary deaths. cnn.com/2022/04/15/asia/sri-lanka-hospital-medicine-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
Urgently needed endotracheal tubes to help newborn babies breathe are in short supply, and similarly, patients suffering from heart attacks urgently need medicine such as Streptokinase to dissolve blood clots. Hospitals in Sri Lanka are running out of these essential medical supplies resulting in preventable deaths and preventing the performance of standard medical procedures such as urgent cardiac bypass surgeries.
We aim to provide medical supplies and medicines to the most severely affected hospitals in Sri Lanka (tinyurl.com/mypky4zx), including:
As a result of one of the worst economic crises Sri Lanka has ever seen, hospitals in Sri Lanka have been spread thin by shortages in medical supplies and medications. Intensive Care Units have been particularly affected and urgently require medical supplies to prevent unnecessary deaths. cnn.com/2022/04/15/asia/sri-lanka-hospital-medicine-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
Urgently needed endotracheal tubes to help newborn babies breathe are in short supply, and similarly, patients suffering from heart attacks urgently need medicine such as Streptokinase to dissolve blood clots. Hospitals in Sri Lanka are running out of these essential medical supplies resulting in preventable deaths and preventing the performance of standard medical procedures such as urgent cardiac bypass surgeries.
We aim to provide medical supplies and medicines to the most severely affected hospitals in Sri Lanka (tinyurl.com/mypky4zx), including:
- Cancer Hospital Colombo (ICU)
- National Hospital Colombo (Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Cardiac ICU, and Neurology ICU)
- Lady Ridgeway Hospital (ICU and Surgical Wards)
- Karapitiya Hospital Galle (ICU)
- De Soysa Maternity Hospital (ICU and Neonatal Unit)
- Nuwara Eliya General Hospital (ICU)
- Panadura Base Hospital (ICU): tinyurl.com/4cmj8nkv
- Kethumathi Maternity Hospital and Neonatal Unit
- Kurunegale Base Hospital (ICU)
We have already donated 50 Human Albumin 20% 50mL vials (costing $2000USD) and 5 Clot Catchers (CCX): Syringes(200/pk) (costing $500USD) last week. We will be raising funds for the purchase of these medical supplies but will be expanding our operation to include other essential medications and medical supplies as needed by the hospitals (per consultant physicians and surgeons):
- Human Albumin 20% 50mL $40USD ($50CAD) (tinyurl.com/nhdm9e36)
- Clot Catchers (CCX): Syringes(200/pk) $98.69USD ($125CAD) (https://tinyurl.com/3sppmaps)
- Micro Sensor Cards for Nova Blood Gas Analyser $281.79USD ($355CAD) (https://tinyurl.com/3sppmaps)
- Prime Cal-Pack (300/pk) for Nova Blood Gas Analyser $671.16USD ($845CAD) (https://tinyurl.com/3sppmaps)
- Monofilament sutures
- Endotracheal tubes for newborns
- Scalpal blades
- Nasogastric tubes
- Streptokinase
100% of funds raised will go towards purchasing medical supplies and medicine from suppliers in Canada, India and USA (including Technomedics SL). All supplies will be delivered individually by consultant physicians and surgeons at these hospitals throughout Sri Lanka. We will be posting full receipts as well as updates to our donors about the medical equipment we have received on this fundraising page (as was done in our prior ventilator fundraiser: gofund.me/eb49bcfe). Thus, we ask for your help in donating whatever you can. As we receive funds, we will expand this project to provide other medications and assistance to hospitals throughout Sri Lanka.
Please help us save lives by providing urgently needed medical supplies and medicines to hospitals around Sri Lanka.
Please help us save lives by providing urgently needed medical supplies and medicines to hospitals around Sri Lanka.
Thank you,
Savi Costa on behalf of Dr. Chitralekha Abeysinghe (Canada), Dr. Shalini Jayawardane (United Kingdom), Dr. Geethika Jayaweera (Sri Lanka), Dr. Dilhan Jayaweera (Sri Lanka), Dr. Sanjaya Abeygunasekera (Sri Lanka), and Dr. Niroshini Liyanearatchi (Sri Lanka)