2018 09 - Infusion pumps

•    Project duration: Jun 2018 to Sep 2018.
•    Recipients: Ward 15 C, under Consultant Dr. Ms. Thushari D Hapuarachchi
•    Total donation value: LKR 207 150.
•    Total money collection: Over subscription from Magill donation project.
•    Items:  1 Terumo Infusion pump, model TE-LM 700, LKR 207 000.
•    Supplier: Hemas Surgicals and Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd.

 

The Magill circuit donation project got over subscribed and decided to donate something else rather than increasing Magill circuits quantity. We got information from hospital that there is a big need for infusion pumps. Because of unavailability they have to delay treatments, and many children have to wait in a queue. In Ward 15C, with 40 inpatient children, they had only 5 machines, and the machines were also quite old.
 
When looking into market of infusion pumps, there is a clear price difference between Chinese brands and American and Japanese brands. Hospital already uses Terumo, a Japanese brand and preferred it more than brands unknown to them. When we spoke with a supplier of a Chinese brand, they also indicated the quality of Terumo machines. We got in contact with Terumo head-office in Europe, who introduced us to their local authorized dealer in Sri Lanka: Hemas Surgicals and Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd. We tried to price negotiate but we could not bring the prices down significantly. We attempted to buy in Japan, but there the machine is only sold to hospitals, we could not even get a price quotation.