Doctors will now be able to detect early breast cancer more accurately among low income women in Manila, The Philippines, instead of through hand detection, thanks to five used ultrasound machines now making their way in a shipping container to the Rotary Club of Manila San Miguel.
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| Elena Agala, of Rotary World Help Network, second left, receives a $1,000 cheque from the Rotary Club of Ladner for its annual support of the Network, from (l to r) Guillermo Bustos, Peter Roaf, Bridget Jacob and Patricia Sibley | |
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Guillermo Bustos prepares to load a dental compressor machine | Bridget Jacob delivers a wheel chair to the loading dock |
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| Patricia Sibley among the crutches | Bridget Jacob wrestles with one of 28 mattresses included in this shipment |
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As Peter Roaf locks the container with a special pin in the background, the container loading team of Rotarians in the Rotary World Help Network and from the clubs of Ladner, Richmond Sunrise and Sunshine Coast pose after another valuable job of container loading | |
The shipping container holds medical and dental equipment which will make a difference to thousands of people in the Philippines. It was full loaded at the Rotary World Help Network warehouse on the site of Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam.
In addition to the five ultrasound machines, the container holds a dental compressor, an anaesthetic machine, a dentist chair, 19 hospital beds and 28 mattresses, cots, 12 computers, even loosleaf binders and books. It will take up to five weeks to arrive by ship in Manila.
Every year the Rotary World Help Network ships a number of containers filled with medical and dental equipment and educational materials to communities in need throughout the world.