A first cargo of medical aid sent by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its member unions has arrived in Gaza. The supplies have been delivered to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) and the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, whose support includes the running of a mobile hospital in Gaza.
This is the first shipment of medical aid purchased and sent from the ITF office in Amman, Jordan, as part of an ongoing relief appeal – see www.itfgazafund.org for how to get involved. More supplies will follow.
The shipment was made up of items identified by doctors working in Gaza as the most crucially needed, and included wheelchairs and crutches, surgical gloves, and thousands of rolls of bandages, syringes, facemasks, gloves and dressings.
Photos of the first shipment being packed and sent can be seen at the ITF flickr site. For more about this initiative see also here.
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Further details
The first ITF cargo was made up as follows:
Qty
Unit
Item
NO
2000
B(100)
Gauze 2*2
480
B(100)
Gauze 3*3
3000
B(100)
Gauze 4*4
1000
B(100)
Gloves
20
B(50)
Surgical gloves
100
EA
Mafix 10*10
100
EA
Mafix 15*10
2000
EA
IV set
200
Doz
Crepe bandage 2"
300
Doz
Crepe bandage 3"
200
Doz
Crepe bandage 4"
200
Doz
Crepe bandage 6"
20
Doz
Suture 3/4-0
30
Doz
Transpore
300
B(50)
Facemask
10
EA
Wheelchair
20
B(100)
walker
10
EA
Paediatric walker
20
EA
Cane 3/4 legs
40
EA
Gauze Roll
20
EA
Cotton 0.5 kg
20
pair
Crutch
10
B(100)
IV cannula
30
B(100)
Syringe 1cc
100
B(100)
Syringe 3cc
100
B(100)
Syringe 5cc
50
B(10)
Isolation Gown
100
B(10)
Urine bag
10
B(12)
Zincoxid 1"
10
B(6)
Zincoxid 2"
10
B(6)
Zincoxid 3"
150
PC
Endotracheal tube 4.5
150
PC
Endotracheal tube cuff 7.5
20
B(100)
Needle 18
20
B(100)
Needle 21
300
PC
Feeding 6
300
PC
Feeding 8
150
PC
Nasogastric tube 14
150
PC
Foley catheter 2.way 22
100
PC
Foley catheter 2.way 8 silcone
100
PC
Foley catheter 2.way 14 silcone
100
PC
Foley catheter 2.way 20 silcone
100
PC
Foley catheter 2.way 22 silcone
150
PC
Nelaton catheter 14
100
PC
Airway 3
100
PC
Airway 4
100
PC
Oxygen nasal cannula adult
200
PC
Suction catheter 8
200
PC
Suction catheter 10
100
B(50)
Eyepad
200
PC
Abdominal 30*30
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For more information contact ITF press officer, Sam Dawson.
Direct line: + 44 (0)20 7940 9260.
Email: dawson_sam@itf.org.uk
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