Medical Equipment Donated
 


San Felipe, Baja, Mexico

SAN FELIPE MEDICAL SERVICES AND
DOCTORS RECEIVE EQUIPMENT


By Elayne Caldwell

Medical equipment worth about $500,000 U.S. was distributed by the Lions Club San Felipe, B.C. to San Felipe medical facilities on Friday, March 23rd.

Dan Slepian, Playa De Oro, procured beds, gurneys, an anesthesia machine, microscope and other equipment from 34 different California hospitals who had upgraded their stock over the past couple of years. The hospitals donated three truckloads of medical equipment which Dan said he found difficult to get across the border.

Sam Grubb, of San Felipe Storage; and Scott Parkman of Playa De Oro and Parkstrong Management and Development in San Felipe and Calexico, went to work and got two truckloads of the equipment across the border.

Scott approached the Lions Club San Felipe for help in distributing the equipment. Gary Dilley, president of the newly-formed Lions Club, with some of his workers from San Felipe Disposal helped Scott and his crew to load the equipment and distributed them to San Felipe Hospital (formerly St. James) and local doctors Abasolo, Gracia and Lopez. Another truckload of equipment is still in San Luis Obispo.

Playa De Oro paid for the transportation and storage charges in the U.S. while the equipment was being gathered.

In a letter to Lions Club Members, dated March 26, 2007, Scott thanked the Club for its support and help with distribution of the medical equipment. "We especially want to thank your president Gary Dilley for the supervision and the use of his truck." He went on to say that, without Gary’s organization and perseverance it would have been difficult to distribute the medical equipment through-out the community. We "look forward to working with the Lions on many more projects to help make our community a better place to live and work."