Medical supplies donated by CoxHealth are headed to Haiti this week. Tracy Lipscomb, wife of Larry Lipscomb, who is a Cox board member and grandson of CoxHealth’s namesake Lester E. Cox, is delivering the supplies to medical clinics near the coastal town of Montrouis.
Lipscomb is traveling to Haiti to volunteer at a local orphanage and to assist a group of American physicians who provide medical care at the clinics. The group is lead by Dr. Tony Hlavacek, a pediatric cardiologist from Charlotte. Lipscomb traveled to Haiti with the group before the earthquake in Haiti and knows there is an even greater need now.
“I did not want to go empty-handed,” says Lipscomb. “I really wanted to be able to take something from Cox on this trip. I asked Dr. Hlavacek for the list of needed medical supplies. Cox just stepped up to the plate. I am so excited to be transporting these supplies for Cox.”
Lipscomb says the medical supplies and medications will make a huge difference for the people who live in the area who don’t have access to the most basic health items like vitamins and pain relievers.
The list of items include: surgical booties, paper surgical gowns, sterile surgical gloves, bandages, ear drops, eye drops, pre-natal vitamins, baby drop vitamins, children’s’ vitamins, anti-fungal creams, pain relievers and medications for urinary, bladder, skin and eye infections.
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