Video Intubation Flexible Laryngoscope For The Operating Theatre At The Maitland Hospital

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.

This laryngoscope will assist the anaesthetists with easier insertion of endotracheal (breathing) tubes in surgical patients.

Pictured is Immediate Past President Lion Wal Sellers, Management Accountant, Velda Sturt, General Manager, Karen Kelly (holding the laryngoscope) & Lion Mick Boulton.