Cape Town - The SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) recently received life-saving medical devices from the Gift of the Givers Foundation.
The non-profit aero-medical rescue organisation based in Cape Town and Oudtshoorn, and Gift of the Givers, were beneficiaries of Brimstone Empowerment Share Trust, an initiative that aims to create a more sustainable model of support to organisations.
AMS chief executive Philip Erasmus said the life-saving medical devices would be able to support patients in respiratory distress and add to patient life-support options currently available on the organisation’s rotor and fixed-wing air ambulances.
“We are extremely grateful to Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited for facilitating the donation to our organisation to ensure that our patients receive the necessary care required to transport them to definitive care.
“It is only through partnerships such as these that we are able to make a difference in the quality of life of our citizens. Thank you for your support and commitment to assist our organisation to facilitate access to health care to those rendered most vulnerable,” said Erasmus.
Chairperson and founder of Gift of the Givers, Imtiaz Sooliman said: “These CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure therapy) machines are products of South African technology. They have captured the imagination of our doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance personnel nationwide.
“They are simple to use and do not require electricity. This enables them to be able to deliver oxygen at a low flow or intermediate flow and the positive pressure quite often achieves reasonable saturation at low flow, thereby conserving oxygen. The overriding comment we are receiving is this machine is saving lives."
Cape Argus