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2017-06-20 10:11:10

We are looking forward to the 48th Open Tender, where the team of our medical experts will focus on purchasing the best possible equipment for geriatric wards and buying 24 ECGs for paediatric units. 

This time, we aim to acquire 854 pieces of equipment which will be donated to 145 medical facilities across the country.   

Over the course of two days - after equipment presentations and negotiations with the vendors about the price and servicing offer, we intend to purchase: 

  • 48 patient lifts
  • 400 wheelchairs 
  • 117 infusion pumps 
  • 15 exercise frames 
  • 25 standing frames 
  • 53 pedal exercisers 
  • 60 bathing chairs 
  • 65 manometers 
  • 47 cardiac monitors 
  • 21 pulse oximeters 
  • 3 densitometers 

All these items will be donated to various geriatric and long-term care units across the country with the aim of supporting geriatric care in Poland. Today, we also are looking to purchase 24 paediatric ECG monitors.  

As always, we are joined by a team of experts, advising us on what equipment is the best investment of money we have raised.

  • The team of experts overseeing paediatric negotiations:
  • Prof. Marek Tałałaj 
  • Wojciech Walas, Doctor of Medical Sciences MD.
  • Elżbieta Pietraszek-Jezierska, PhD.
  • Lilia Kimber-Dziwisz, MSc.
  • Ryszarda Jakima
  • Jan Sadłowski
  • Marcin Gostyński (Dipl. Ing.)
  • The team of experts overseeing geriatric negotiations:
  • Waldemar Bobkowski, Prof. MD., PhD
  • Joanna Kwiatkowska, MD. PhD.
  • Maria Miszczak-Knech, MD. PhD
  • Marcin Gostyński  (Dipl. Ing.)

 

 

 

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