27/01/2010 - Baumer donates prosthesis for emergency surgery in Haiti

Baumer donates prosthesis for emergency surgery in Haiti

More than 3,8 thousands items will be destinated for treatment of fractures and orthopedic problems.

Baumer S.A will donate more than 3.8 thousand implants, orthopedic instruments and bone graft substitutes to earthquake victims in Haiti. The donations will be delivered to the doctors and volunteers of "Crusaders Association of Health" which operates in Port au Prince.

Baumer will send plates, screws, wires, pins, intramedullary nails, external fixators, bone reconstruction meshs, pediatric plates, bone graft and surgical instruments, "All material is directed for osteosynthesis and emergency orthopedic surgery, we know it's a small gesture if you look at the number of victims, but we hope to assist in the work of  the brazilian teams, and minimize the suffering of those who we can help, " Said our company president, Ruy Baumer.