“The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed, when we feel we have been needed somewhere and have lent a helping hand, is the nourishment the soul requires.”
—Albert Schweitzer, in an address to the students of Silcoates School in Yorkshire.
WISH LIST
Guidelines
The Justinian Hospital can use a great many things, large and small. When donating equipment and supplies, please keep in mind:
- Sometimes low tech is better than high tech because of ease of repairs and availability of replacement parts.
- Reliability is very important. Things sent to Haiti need to be in good working order. Dents are fine, but having equipment arrive and then not work is disappointing and expensive.
- Please provide operating manuals, if possible, with donated equipment.
- Because of customs requirements and shipping lead time, we are not able to accept medications with expiration dates less than six months from date of donation.
Have things to donate? Have something that isn't on the wish list? Just call us at (207) 347-6733 or email info@konbitsante.org.
Basic Supplies
- Antibiotics
- Alcohol, Betadine, hydrogen peroxide
- Baby food and infant formula
- Cast material 4" and 6"
- Catheters
- Cleaning gloves (heavy duty)
- Cleaning supplies (Clorox, soap, Fab)
- Diapers - cloth and disposable
- Gauze bandages and tape
- Gloves - sterile and non-sterile
- IV fluids
- Local anesthetic
- Pre-moistened wipes
- Rapid urine pregnancy tests
- Receiving blankets
- Specimen containers
- Suture material
- Syringes
- Vitamin B6, multivitamins
Equipment & Furnishings
- Air conditioners
- Autoclave/sterilizers
- BP cuffs (adult and pediatric)
- Baby bottles with nipples
- Battery operated fetal Dopplers
- Blue surgical towels
- Bookshelves
- Colposcopes
- Deep-cycle batteries used for back-up power (we are installing inverters that can charge banks of these batt
eries to power equipment for the 20 hours a day when there is no public power)
- Defibrillators (automated)
- Desks
- Disposable vacuum aspirators for incomplete abortions
- ECG machines
- Exam tables
- File cabinets
- Floor fans
- Gooseneck lights
- Gowns
- Hospital beds (mechanical)
- Otoscopes
- Pack'n Play playpens
- Pediatric beds and cribs
- Portable HbA1c analyzer (DCA 2000)
- Rolling stainless tables and carts
- Rolling chairs and stools
- Skeleton
- Stacking sturdy plastic chairs
- Sterilizers for baby bottles
- Stethoscopes
- Surge protectors
- Surgical instruments
- Tables for teaching and meeting rooms
- Thermometers
- Ultrasound machines/sonography (portable machines such as “sonosite” would be great
with vaginal and abdominal probes)
- X-ray imaging equipment (digital would be excellent because of disposal issues with
developers and fixers and for ability to consult remotely)
