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Donations to Haiti
In response to the earthquake in Haiti, OrthoHelix has donated ten MaxLock trays to aid in relief efforts.
Posted on February 2, 2010
OrthoHelix Surgical Design, Inc: Donations to Haiti
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2010
Medina, Ohio -In response to the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, OrthoHelix Surgical Design, Inc. (OrthoHelix) has donated ten MaxLock® trays to aid in relief efforts in Haiti.
"Some of what you sent helped some children the minute it came off the plane. Helping children means a great deal to me."- Daniel C. Mulligan, Director of Sales, Innovative Medical Device Solutions.
OrthoHelix has remained in close contact with both organizations, medWish and Project Haiti, and will continue to lend support if possible.
OrthoHelix is a medical device company developing a comprehensive line of implants and instruments for use in hand and foot reconstructive surgery. OrthoHelix is dedicated to being the most responsive device maker in the orthopedic industry. We provide state of the art extremity fixation products. We are committed to designing and commercializing innovative products that are reliable and easy to use. We enhance surgical outcomes of the patients. Our vision is to be an orthopedic company that succeeds by listening to surgeons, giving them what they want and need for safer, faster, easier surgical procedures and improved patient outcomes. We take pride in upholding values of Integrity, Compliance, Dedication, Focus and Speed. Surgeons Speak. We Deliver.u00c2u00ae www.orthohelix.com
medWish is an international non-profit organization committed to the recovery and recycling of donated medical supplies area healthcare providers must discard. These life-saving supplies are made available to those providing medical care in developing countries throughout the world. Globally, the MedWish International program improves the quality of medical care available to the underserved around the world; locally, we are effectively reducing the amount of solid waste deposited in landfills. www.medwish.org
Project Haiti is a non-profit organization that has been dedicated to medical care, education, and related services in Haiti since 1992. Our present efforts are directed entirely toward disaster relief. In the current absence of in-country medical and surgical care and in the presence of massive confusion in Port au Prince, our efforts are toward equipment, supply, and personnel support at Hu00c3u00b4pital Biu00c3u00a9nfaisance, located 65 miles north of the devastation in Port au Prince.