Medical
IMED
FH Canada's International Medical Equipment Distribution program (IMED) delivers hope and health for the whole person. Our warehouse is full of lifesaving medical equipment including entire surgical suites, incubators, beds, crutches, surgical gloves and IV tubes – all waiting to be delivered to hospitals in the developing world.
How it works:
- Canadian hospitals donate their excess equipment to FH Canada.
- This equipment is transported to our warehouse in Saskatoon, where biomedical technicians and engineers test and refurbish the equipment and provide instruction manuals.
- Staff and volunteers sort and load supplies into large containers, which are then shipped internationally.
- The medical equipment and supplies are distributed by trusted partners to needy health care facilities.
We only send what is needed and requested by doctors and hospital administrators.
Items often include:
- Operating room lights, tables and instruments
- Hospital beds and gurneys
- Birthing beds and incubators
- X-ray, lab and physiotherapy equipment
- Cast supplies and traction equipment
- Vaccines and other medicines
- Dialysis machines
- Wheelchairs
FH Canada's IMED program depends on your partnership. Every year we send out over 30 containers of life-saving medical equipment and medicine worth an average of $1.1 million each. The cost to collect, refurbish and ship a container is approximately $12,000. This means our financial partners see their gifts multiply up to 95 times! When you partner with us, you give the gift of life to the most vulnerable people in the world.
You can help solve the IMED challenge, bringing health and hope to some of the world's most at-risk people by helping to cover the cost of shipping a container.
