Members of East Gosford Lions Club recently observed a young woman in the car park loading, with considerable difficulty, a wheelchair into a Ford wagon. The Lions suggested a light-weight ramp might assist with loading.
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Expecting mothers are set to experience better labours. Young Hospital’s maternity unit now has it long awaited mobile cordless baby monitor which will now give mothers freedom to move around while in labour.
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Swansea Lions Club, with assistance from the Lions NSW-ACT Save Sight Foundation has presented a Stryker Eye Surgery Stretcher (Model 1089) to Belmont Hospital. Provision of this equipment will increase capacity for vital cataract and other eye surgery by up to 50%.
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Beecroft-Cheltenham Lions Club's recent major community fund raising has been for the purchase of a much needed dialysis machine for Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
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The Lions Club of Toronto, when one of their members received a transplant, identified the need for special Medical Lift Chairs in the Transplant Unit at John Hunter Hospital. With the old chairs there was a high risk catching the catheter as the patient attempted to move. Transplant patients are encouraged to get out of bed as soon as possible after the operation.
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A new Ultrasound eye scanner was presented to the Liverpool Hospital on the 24th February 2012.
The purchase of this machine was a conjoint project of the Lions Club of the City of Liverpool, NSW/ACT Save Sight Foundation and Liverpool Hospital.
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Some of Gosford Hospital’s smallest patients will benefit from new equipment for the Birthing Suite thanks to a generous donation from the Lions Club of Green Point-Avoca.
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The West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Lions Club and The NSW Lions Public Health Foundation has responded to the needs of the Westmead Children’s Hospital Oncology Research Unit and presented a Kinematics Polytron System to assist their scientists carry out vital cancer research.
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East Maitland Lions Club have donated a Video Intubation Flexible Laryngoscope to the Operating Theatre at The Maitland Hospital. This Laryngoscope cost $6,000, of which East Maitland Lions raised $4,000. The remaining $2,000 was donated by Lions NSW/ACT Save Sight & Healthcare Foundation. Lion Mick Boulton is a Director of this Lion’s Foundation.
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The Lions NSW-ACT Save Sight Foundation recently provided funding for the printing of informational / promotional booklets for the Lions NSW Eye Bank.
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The Toyota Commuter Bus with the Ricon wheelchair lift was delivered to Tanya Noble and her family on Thursday 1st May 2008. Paul and Gail Noble are so relieved to have the convenience of being able to transport Tanya themselves; Tanya is on top of the world knowing that she can now have her electric wheelchair (her independence) with her if she has to go into hospital (just one example); the family can now enjoy outings together as a whole new world of opportunity has opened up.
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The provision of this wheelchair lifter was a joint project of the Lions Clubs from the Manning and Great Lakes area of New South Wales together with the support of the Lions Clubs NSW-ACT Save Sight and Public Health Care Foundations. More details to come.
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The Lions and Lioness Clubs of the City of Liverpool, with the assistance of a $10,000 grant from the Lions Clubs NSW-ACT Public Health Care Foundation, now have worldwide distribution rights for their enormously successful and widely praised diabetes awareness booklet “What You Need to Know if You Have Type 2 Diabetes”.
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On Wednesday, 15th October, 2008, the 4 wheel motorised Scooter shown , with swivel seat for easier access, was presented to Mr Shane Westwood on behalf of the Lions Club of The City of Liverpool and the Lions NSW-ACT Save Sight & Public Health Care Foundations.
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(Article printed in 'Daily Examiner' Saturday August 8, 2009)
"LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Clarence Valley Lions Clubs joined forces to raise funds for an Indirect Ophthalmoscope for Grafton Base Hospital. The instrument will be used to check the eyesight of premature babies, alleviating the need for parents to take their babies to Coffs Harbour for testing.
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Story reprinted from “Maitland Mercury” by Emma Swain
Maitland Hospital’s dialysis unit has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a $38,000 boost.
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The warmth that comes from giving and helping the less fortunate in the community was felt by a group of Lions from the Lions club of Bellingen on Friday 11th December 2009.
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