Volunteer Opportunity with Partners for World Health
Partners for World Health has a great need for advice from certain medical
professionals on how to sort and package the vast amount of supplies received,
for shipping and use in destination countries.
Volunteer Opportunity with Partners for World Health - Portland, ME
Partners for World Health (PWH) is a non-profit 501(c)3
based in Portland, Maine committed to reducing medical waste, improving the
quality of healthcare in underserved countries, and educating our local
community about global healthcare issues.
Our mission is to collect unused/discarded medical supplies
from local medical facilities and to distribute those medical supplies to
international communities in need. This work limits the negative impact we
have on the environment and provides much-needed resources to the
developing world. To support our work in improving health
conditions around the world, we send local medical personnel on medical
missions to developing countries, and we educate our local Maine community
about global health issues.
PWH has a great need for advice from certain medical
professionals on how to sort and package the vast amount of supplies received,
for shipping and use in destination countries, specifically, in the areas of:
- Surgery: all aspects of OR medical supplies and equipment
- Respiratory: any and all aspects
- Anesthesia
- Laparoscopic surgery: advice on the proper components of a
“tower”
- Cardiology
Please note: this request is not for ongoing time commitment
but rather for a few hours of a professional’s time to help organize certain
supplies appropriately.
While PWH receives tens of thousands of pounds of
equipment/supplies from hospitals and clinics, there are certain critical items
always in short supply.
For more information, contact volunteer Rita Zanichkowsky at rznct@maine.rr.com or 207-232-3264, or
contact Partners directly at 774-5555. Thank you!
https://www.partnersforworldhealth.org/
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