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The American Medical Resources Foundation’s
mission is to improve health care around the world by donating
medical equipment and supplies to hospitals that serve the poor in
underdeveloped and developing countries of the world.
The AMRF headquarters, test/repair, warehouse and shipping
facilities are in Brockton, Massachusetts, approximately 25 miles
south of Boston. Donations of medical equipment are shipped
to hospitals world-wide from this facility, and arrangements for
engineering/technician training programs are made through this
office.
AMRF seeks to accomplish this mission by
arranging and providing the donation of:
- Refurbished but Functional Medical Equipment
- Technical Services to Hospitals and Clinics Serving the
Needy in these Countries
- Training of User, Maintenance, and Repair Personnel of
Medical Equipment in Recipient Hospitals and Clinics.
- Soliciting and receiving donations of medical equipment and
supplies from U.S. hospitals , clinics, manufactirers and
private individuals.
- Working with community based organizations to ensure the
most effective distribution of the medical equipment.
- Inspecting, testing, repairing, and procuring accessories
and technical manuals for the equipment it donates to ensure
the proper functioning of this equipment at the recipient
hospital or clinic.
- Utilizing to the greatest degree possible volunteer services
of technical and non-technical personnel both in the U.S. and
outside the U.S.
- Utilizing to the greatest degree possible the expertise of
management, academic, engineering, and medical personnel in
the U.S., Europe and other countries to accomplish its
mission.
- Educating personnel in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
in other states in medical equipment management and supporting
skills for their own benefit and to assist AMRF in
accomplishing its mission.
- By working with and utilizing U.S. Governmental, non-profit
and other Non-Government Organizations (NGO) to the extent
necessary to accomplish its mission.
- Working with business and commercial organizations in the
U.S. and outside the U.S.
- Seeking opportunities for institutions to join with and to
network with AMRF to accomplish its humanitarian mission.
AMRF Vision and Goals Statement
It is the vision and goal of AMRF to accomplish
its mission by:
- Creating a stable technological base for health care in the
developing world with useful, efficacious, medical equipment
and technology.
- Establishing the appropriate level of equipment and
technology to be furnished to each hospital and clinic serving
the needy.
- Facilitating the sharing of information and ideas between
developed and developing countries that involve the issues of
medical equipment donation, procurement, maintenance, repair,
support and use, and the training of in-country personnel in
these skills.
- Looking for for-profit partners, educational institutes,
universities and other to join in the accomplishment of its
mission.
- Developing aggressively additional core activities in health
care delivery to the needy beyond the donation of medical
equipment, training, support,maintenance and repair of medical
equipment.
- Creating within AMRF a stable and adequately financed
organization and operations capability to accomplish its
mission as a permanent, credible institution.
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