NICKERIE – Surgeon Arie van der Ham who is a member of  surgeon’s Chanderban Mahabier team in the Mungra Medical Center (MMC) managed to get his hands on brand-new machines for the MMC. These machines will arrive in the MMC soon. Reports indicate that the Dutch surgeon managed to acquire 10 oxygen concentrators and 4 Elisa 500 intensive care ventilators. All of the machines are worth about 100,000 euros.

Last Tuesday the surgeon had already donated 4 different machines with an estimated value of 40,000 euros to the MMC. The donors thanked Stichting Vrienden van Suriname and in particular the chairman of this foundation, W.J.P. van Rhee, for covering the transportation costs of the medical equipment and medicines.

The compact-class device Elisa 500 features top-shelf performance characteristics, while offering a full therapeutic range of clinical ventilation options in turbine-driven devices. With a peak flow of up to 300 litres per minute, the high-performance, noise-optimised turbine guarantees sufficient flow capacities for mask ventilation. An oxygen concentrator is a medical device that separates nitrogen from the air around you so you can breathe up to 95 percent pure oxygen. You may need an oxygen concentrator if you have a condition that affects your breathing. …[+]