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Donation of medical equipment for Ukraine and Guinea Bissau

  • Hospital de Sant Joan Despí
  • Monday, March 20, 2023

Departure of the material from the Sant Joan Despí Hospital and received in Guinea Bissau

Solidarity Action of the Integral Health Consortium

A few weeks ago we did one donation of materials: gloves, gowns, surgical masks, fpp2 masks and other materials a Solidarity Drivers of Catalonia, the non-governmental organization of TMB i theSILO Association, cooperation NGO in the rural areas of the interior of Guinea Bissau. The materials left the warehouse of the Hospital de Sant Joan Despí i they mainly went to Ukraine and a smaller part at the Bafatá Hospital and the Gambasse dispensary, in Guinea Bissau, where several professionals (doctors, nurses, dietician...) from the CSI have developed assistance tasks in previous trips, and where they also allocated the material for dental care.

Conductors solidaris de Catalunya is the NGO in which TMB professionals collaborate, which aims to transport humanitarian and solidarity aid to areas in conflict and in need. SILO, for its part, made up of mostly healthcare professionals, has been cooperating with education and healthcare projects in Guinea Bissau, one of the 20 poorest countries in the world, for 10 years.