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MEDICAL RELIEF EFFORT FOR HAITI AT ARAB HEALTH
GTech Medical Services LLC, with the support of IIR Middle East Life Sciences, organisers of Arab Health, is coordinating and organising the collection and shipment of medical supplies and equipment for Haiti Relief efforts during the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress, 25 – 28 January 2010, Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center. All supplies and equipment will be provided to Love a Child, a non-profit humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping the children of Haiti, located in Fond Parisien, 30 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, as well as other relief organisations on the ground in Haiti.
“Arab Health is a huge medical exhibition, with over 2,700 exhibitors, most of whom have shipped in medical equipment and supplies for display at the show that either gets given away, thrown out or shipped back at great expense after the show,” said Ralph (Scooter) Childs, Managing Partner, GTech Medical Services LLC. “These items are desperately needed in Haiti right now. GTech, working with IIR Middle East, the organiser of Arab Health, is collecting any usable equipment, consumables or other healthcare items that companies would like to donate from their stands after the show closes. Arab Health is the perfect venue for organising medical supplies for Haiti Relief and involving the world healthcare community. We are also donating equipment and supplies as well as coordinating this effort.”
With all the world’s major medical suppliers present at Arab Health 2010, there is an opportunity for exhibiting companies to participate in the relief effort through donations, logistical support and sponsorship of the Haiti medical relief effort. Medical supplies on display at the event will include imaging and diagnostic equipment, surgical and pediatric medical supplies, and general medical supplies, all of which are urgently required in earthquake-devastated Haiti.
Working alongside GTech Medical Services LLC and IIR Middle East Life Sciences, Airlink, one of the official freight forwarding companies at the event has agreed to transport the medical supplies and equipment to Europe where they will coordinate the onwards transportation to Port-au-Prince with international relief agencies. As one of the region’s largest travel, transport and logistics organisations, Airlink is pleased to be able to provide assistance during this humanitarian crisis.
“We think this is a fantastic initiative from GTech Medical Services LLC, and we, as organisers of the event are very happy to support it. We will do all we can to encourage our exhibiting companies to make donations,” said Simon Page, IIR Middle East Life Sciences Group Director. “We have already had support from our freight forwarding company Airlink who will co-ordinate shipping of the donations to Europe, and from Thomas Bennett, our design company who will produce the signage needed for the donations free of charge.”
The show organisers will be distributing participation instructions to exhibiting companies during the course of the 4-day event with leaflets, posters and dedicated drop-off points for donations. Thomas Bennett, a design company based in the UAE and formally known as Special Projects Design (SPD), will provide all printed material required to coordinate the donation drive on site.
Efforts to find external sponsorship to assist in financing the transportation of medical supplies and equipment will continue throughout the week. For more information please contact Kim Childs +971 50 667 5716 or email kimkcii@mindspring.com or visit GTech Medical Services LLC, in Hall 1 Location D70 during Arab Health. Please visit our website to learn more about this initiative and how you can participate at www.gtechhaiti.com.
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About Arab Health
Established 35 years ago, the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress provides a platform for the world’s leading manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to meet the medical and scientific community in the Middle East and beyond. Arab Health is part of the Life Sciences Division of IIR Middle East, the largest trade and consumer event business in the region and part of the Informa Group (INF.L) plc (www.informa.com)
About GTech Medical Services LLC
For more information about GTech, please visit www.gtech.ae.
Media contacts
Nathalie Viselé
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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