Olongapo hospital to get equipment from Germany

OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines -  Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino announced recently that a German foundation is set to donate medical equipment to the city hospital.

Lutos Foundation,  headed by Heinrich Treutner and whose project aims to  helping indigent people in the Philippines specifically from the province of Zambales, will be  donating medical equipment to local government and other non-government organization.

Lotus Foundation also helps deaf children by giving scholarship and giving out medical assistance to them.

Paulino said the donation would help the hospital  provide better care for Olongapo’s ill residents. Paulino also thanked Treutner.

“Sana dumami pa ang mag-donate sa hospital natin, we very much welcome and appreciate all the people who are helping us now, last week we also received nebulizer for the use of our hospital or clinics,” Paulino said.

Truetner sourced the medical equipment from kerckhoff-clinic in Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt, which is one of the most famous cardiology clinics in Germany.

Treutner said that he had been living in Olongapo for almost 10 years now and that he wants to help all these "wonderful but
poor people."

“I will be preparing all the documents so we can bring  (the equipmen) here very soon.”

Among the equipment that would be donated by Lotus Foundation are: one unit of Centrifuge rotana, one unit of anesthesia stand mobile, one unit of heart-lung machine, two units of PCX mobile work tables, four units of
breast therapy devices, one unit of infusion warmer, one unit of lung function machine including mobile PC and printer, one unit of mobile endoscopy system, one unit of mobile electro-cardiogram system, 10 units
of blood sugar measuring instruments, one unit of endoscopy video trolley, one lot of infusion system, one lot of syringe and gloves, three units of dialysis machines and two units of dental chairs. - Anthony Bayarong