GambiaHELP, in association with the Seattle-Gambia Association, brought medical supplies to The Gambia. Our focus is delivery of the medical supplies to the rural hospitals and clinics. Dr. Mbenga, an anethesiologist and Secretary of State (SOS) member of the SOS Assessment and Distribution Team (a part of the medical supplies division) has made a special request for medical supplies for next year. The list contains the following:

Airways
Bags of IV fluids and tubing
Bandaging materials
Beds
Blood Pressure cuffs
Blood Transfusion Giving Sets
Butterfly Needles, all sizes
Central lines
Cervical Collars
Chairs for nursing staff
Contour leg splints
Cotton Wool
Crepe Bandages, all sizes
Crutches
Disposable Gloves: sizes: small, medium, large
Disposable Surgical Gowns, Caps, Shoe Covers & Masks
Examination beds
Gauze
Gauze Bandages
Gowns
Hemoglobin meter
Hospital beds (non-electric)
IV Canulae 24G, 22G, 18G, 16G
IV Giving Sets
“Kangaroo” Bags with tubes for feeding
Laryngoscopes and blades with extra bulbs
Lumbar Puncture Needles, all sizes
Mattresses
Mosquito forceps
Nasal Cannulas
Nasogastric Tubes for Neonates and infants
Nasogastric Tubes for older children and adults
Oto/opthalmoscope
Oxygen Masks, all sizes (especially pediatric)
Pasties
Plaster of Paris
Scalpel handles and blades
Scissors
Shoe covers
Skin forceps
Small needle holders
Splints
Sterile drapes, Fenestrated and nonfenestrated
Sterilizers (portable autoclave)
Stethoscopes
Suction Tubes, all sizes

If you have medical supplies that you wish to donate, please contact Shelby Tarutis at 206.542.3056 or via email or to make a cash donation to this project using the Pay Pal link below.