Medical Donation Program

The Issue

Geographic isolation, financial disadvantages, remote barangays, health worker shortages, underfunding, and patient overcrowding are all examples of factors that impact government hospitals and health facilities in the Philippines (Dayrit et al.). Because of these explicit deficits, there is a prevalent lack of advanced technology and equipment and one-time-use medical supplies (Allianz PNB Life).

Our Solution

With the generosity of partner hospitals in Florida, PHI acts as a working liaison.

Our medical donations program connects unused medical supplies from American hospitals, including Nemours Children’s Health and AdventHealth, to pro-bono medical missions across the Philippines, shipped via Balikbayan box. We gather excess, near-expiration, or expired medical supplies from hospitals, clinics, and dental offices and coordinate shipment to identified health facilities.

PHI's Supply List

 Supplies that are consistently needed are the following:

  • Gloves
  • Scissors
  • Forceps
  • Gauze
  • Stethoscopes
  • BP apparatus/monitors
  • Oxygen nasal prongs/cannula (adult/peds)
  • Syringes
  • Wound care supplies/bandages
  • IV tubings
  • IV cannula-Venflon
  • Urinary catheters
  • Airway devices
  • Blood transfusion set
  • Intravenous sets
  • Endotracheal tubes-(adult/peds)
  • Laryngoscope
  • Nasogastric/feeding tubes (adult/peds)
  • Manual resuscitators (adult/peds)
  • Anti-embolism stockings
  • Thermometers
  • Tracheal tubes (adult/peds)
  • Sutures

Our Impact

2 medical missions served

  • USTMAA (UST Medical Alumni  Association) in-house medical & surgical mission
  • Mendero Medical Center circumcision mission

3 hospital partner facilities

  • Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), Cebu
  • Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital, Cebu
  • Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC), Baguio

References

Allianz PNB Life. “5 Things You Need to Know about the Philippine Healthcare System.” Allianz PNB Life, https://www.allianzpnblife.ph/press/blog/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-ph-healthcare-system.html

Dayrit, Manuel M., et al. “Challenges in Public Health Facilities and Services: Evidence from a Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Area in the Philippines.” Journal of Global Health Reports, 2020, https://www.joghr.org/article/11962-challenges-in-public-health-facilities-and-services-evidence-from-a-geographically-isolated-and-disadvantaged-area-in-the-philippines