Henry Schein Donates More Than 2.5 Million Personal Protective Equipment & Infection Control Items to Non-Governmental Organi...
May 19 2021 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Donations to be Distributed through C.H.
Robinson to Health Systems and Key Areas by Direct Relief, Heart to
Heart International, IsraAid, MAP International, and Project
HOPE
Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), in partnership with C.H.
Robinson and the C.H. Robinson Foundation, announced its commitment
today to donate more than 2.5 million personal protective equipment
(PPE) and infection control items through Henry Schein Cares, the
Company’s corporate social responsibility program, to enhance the
safety of front-line health care workers in Brazil and India as
they combat the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
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More than 2.5 million PPE and infection
control products will be distributed to health care workers in
Brazil and India. (Photo: Business Wire)
The donation includes N95 face masks, level 1 face masks, level
2 face masks, coveralls, hand sanitizer, pulse oximeters, isolation
gowns, and face shields. In collaboration with logistics partner
C.H. Robinson, Henry Schein will distribute these products to
several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The NGOs are then
planning to redistribute the supplies to health systems and key
areas in Brazil and India.
The recipients in India currently include the Baptist Hospital
in Bangalore, LNJP Hospital in New Delhi, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Deenanth Mangeshkar Hospital in
Pune, Nair Hospital in Mumbai, and the State of Maharashtra. In
Brazil, items will be distributed to health care workers in Rio de
Janeiro and the State of Sergipe.
“It is critical that we help combat the rise in COVID-19 cases
in Brazil and India, where the outbreak is particularly severe,”
said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry
Schein, Inc. “Together with our NGO partners, we will continue the
urgent task of enhancing the safety of the heroic health care
professionals caring for patients battling the COVID-19 virus.”
Henry Schein’s NGO partners in this effort are as follows:
- Direct Relief is a
humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more
than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives
of people affected by poverty or emergencies – without regard to
politics, religion, or ability to pay;
- Heart to Heart
International is a global humanitarian organization that
improves access to health and responds to the needs of people
affected by disasters worldwide;
- IsraAID is an Israel-based
non-governmental organization that responds to emergencies all over
the world with targeted humanitarian help;
- MAP International is a
non-profit humanitarian organization providing medicines and health
supplies to millions of people worldwide so they might experience
life to the fullest; and
- Project HOPE is a global
health and humanitarian relief organization that is committed to
placing power in the hands of local health care workers to save
lives across the globe.
About Henry Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) is a solutions company for
health care professionals powered by a network of people and
technology. With more than 20,000 Team Schein Members worldwide,
the Company's network of trusted advisors provides more than 1
million customers globally with more than 300 valued solutions that
help improve operational success and clinical outcomes. Our
Business, Clinical, Technology, and Supply Chain solutions help
office-based dental and medical practitioners work more efficiently
so they can provide quality care more effectively. These solutions
also support dental and medical laboratories, government and
institutional health care clinics, as well as other alternate care
sites.
Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated
distribution network, with a selection of more than 120,000 branded
products and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well
as more than 180,000 additional products available as special-order
items.
A FORTUNE 500 Company and a member of the S&P 500® index,
Henry Schein is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has operations
or affiliates in 31 countries and territories. The Company's sales
reached $10.1 billion in 2020, and have grown at a compound annual
rate of approximately 12 percent since Henry Schein became a public
company in 1995.
For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com,
Facebook.com/HenrySchein, Instagram.com/HenrySchein, and
Twitter.com/HenrySchein.
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