MEDWorld Mission Statement
MEDWorld is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to recycling
surplus medical supplies for use in clinics and hospitals in developing
countries where there is an urgent need for such life saving supplies. All of our supplies are still valuable, but no longer used in the United
States due to technological change, regulatory requirements, or procedural
excess.
MEDWorld is dedicated to decreasing waste and providing the hospital
with an alternative to disposal of usable materials.
MEDWorld donates equipment to clinics and hospitals in need throughout
the world, regardless of religious or political beliefs and affiliations.
MEDWorld provides equipment to individual physicians, medical students
and hospital staff who are planning to dedicate their time to provide healthcare
to people in under-served areas, as long as they have the ability to re-sterilize
supplies that need to be sterile.
MEDWorld provides UNC hospitals with updates on the amount of hospital
waste and ways of decreasing cost of disposal. MEDWorld also returns hospital
items that have been wrongfully disposed and items which are not re-usable
will be discarded appropriately.
MEDWorld strives to provide good service by careful inspection of supplies.
We are also dedicated to volunteer safety by training all our volunteers
in universal precautions and safe sorting and packing techniques. MEDWorld provides local contacts for physicians, students and staff
who are interested in experiencing medical care in developing countries
and clinics serving people in need.
University of North Carolina Hospitals' Guidelines
for Disposal of Regulated Material
"Every year UNC hospitals throw away thousands of dollars worth of
medical equipment and supplies in order to keep up with the changing technology
and the highest standard of medical care which we are privileged to have
in the United States. Meanwhile, in many impoverished countries people
are dying due to the lack of basic medical supplies, some of which we routinely
throw away. In keeping up with the UNC tradition of providing the best
medical care, we created MEDWorld as a means of extending this care to
people who desperately need it in many areas of the world. MEDWorld is
a program that was designed to help people in need and to help us pay attention
to and improve the way we practice medicine."
-Georgine Lamvu, MD
Co-Founder
For more information about MEDWorld, contact:
Grace Fulton
Email: rwicker@email.unc.edu
Or write us at: |
MEDWorld Warehouse
#1 Ashley Wade Ln / Smith Level Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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