LIONS CLUB DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN $600,000 IN DONATED
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES TO SAN FELIPE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY
PRESS RELEASE
SAN FELIPE, July 31, 2007
A delegation from Lions Club San Felipe, B.C., headed
by President Gary Dilley,delivered donated anesthesia
and endoscopic equipment and supplies to Hospital San
Felipe. This bringsLions Club’s total distribution
of donations to San Felipe’s medical community to
over $600,000 in just seven months. This donation of supplies
and equipment came through the generosity of the Department
of Surgery at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, California.
Hospital San Felipe is operated by a team of very talented
and committed people whose goal is to ensure the well
being of the San Felipe community. Lions Club San Felipe,
B.C. has dedicated itself to delivering as much medical
equipment and supplies as the hospital needs. Dilley says,
“The hospital doesn’t lack medical talent,
it often lacks equipment and supplies. That’s our
job, to help them get what they need to protect the health
of San Felipe’s residents.”
The donation project is the brainchild of Scott Parkman
of Playa de Oro, San Felipe, and Daniel Slepian, PA, CNIM,
of ORIMtec in Rancho Cordova, California. Slepian has
spearheaded the effort to acquire donations from various
medical facilities throughout California. Dilley says,
“He’s our front man on the other side of the
border. It’s remarkable the volume and quality of
donations he’s been able to produce in just a few
short months.” Once the donations were in hand,
Lions Club was approached to facilitate delivery and distribution.
Transportation and storage were arranged by, among others,
Sam Grubb, owner of San Felipe Storage and Gary Dilley,
owner of San Felipe Disposal. Lions Club then distributed
them to Hospital San Felipe, Dr. Victor Abasolo, Central
Salud, Cruz Roja and various physicians throughout the
San Felipe area. A large portion of the donations have
come from Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San
Luis Obispo. Donations have included anesthesia supplies,
endoscopic equipment and supplies, hospital beds, gurneys,
a birthing table, wheelchairs, rubber gloves, bandages,
disposable sheets and a whole lot more. You name it, Slepian
has acquired it and Lions has delivered it.
Lions Club San Felipe, B.C. is a service club organization
of nearly 75 members who volunteer their time and energy
to serve the community of San Felipe, Baja California,
Mexico. The club sponsors the Flying Samaritans, a group
of doctors and other medical personnel based in Modesto,
California, who bring highly specialized medical skills
to underserved communities like San Felipe. Lions Club,
working with Lions Club in Kauai, Hawaii, acquired a $50,000
Slip Lamp Machine. This specialized equipment will allow
doctors to diagnose vision problems like cataracts and
eye disease related to diabetes. It will also be used
by Flying Samaritan doctors to perform laser eye surgery.
Dr. Abasolo was the recipient of an operating room Data
Scope Monitor, donated by a Torrance, California, doctor
who was inspired after reading about the Flying Samaritans’
work in San Felipe.
Lions Club International is the world’s largest
service club organization with over 1.4 million members
in over 190 countries and geographic areas. Its membership
is made up entirely of individuals who combine their collective
talents and resources to serve their local communities.
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