Medaid4kids
Medaid4kids is an Irish Charity founded in the early 1990s that specialises in donating medical equipment and supplies to hospitals and orphanges internationally. The charity ships mediacal equipment that becomes surplus to requirements in hospitals from Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to hospitals worldwide. Medaid4kids established an international donation programme so that medical equipment is no longer destroyed when its use in Irish hospitals has elapsed.
Equipment donated covers the entire medical sphere including life support machines, incubators, ECG monitors.
Europe
The European countries assisted include Moldova, Transnistria, Romania, Kosova, Albania, Macedonia, Ukraine, and Abkhazia.
Asia
The charity sends medical supplies and equipment to India, Pakistan, Philippines,
Africa
The charity has donated medical equipment and supplies to Kenya Uganda, Zambia, Zaire, Angola and Libya in 2011 .
Orphanges
MedAid4Kids also supplies playgrounds, building supplies and hygiene supplies orphanages in Eastern Europe.
Management
The chairman of the charity is Ray Jordan who chairs a twelve person committee. Former chairmen include the charity's founders Des Grant and Robert Jones. The charity is supported by Staff Services from the UK's health services. It has received coverage in the international media including the BBC.