Community

Smiths is committed to contributing to the global communities we operate in.  In addition to providing employment opportunities, we focus on community involvement through charitable giving, community activities, health and education initiatives.  Our charitable donations and community initiatives facilitate projects around the globe that, like our products, seek to make the world a safer, healthier and more productive place.

Making babies healthier in Uganda

Smiths Medical helped to make newborn babies in Uganda healthier when they responded to an appeal for vital medical equipment from a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse who volunteers for Health Volunteers Overseas.

Ellen Milan contacted Smiths Medical to request donations of Medfusion™ syringe pumps – which help medics deliver medication automatically – and IV tubings to take with her to the Special Care Baby Unit at Mulago Hospital in Uganda.

If babies don’t get the intravenous fluids they need, they can develop hypoglycaemia and dehydration, which can be fatal.   In an environment where there are only one or two nurses charged with looking after the health of over 30 children, the Medfusion™ pumps prove to be vital tools that enable the nurses to administer the right medication and can prevent fatalities.

Ellen wrote a very moving letter to thanks us for our assistance in providing this equipment: ‘With the donation of these valuable syringe pumps. Smiths Medical has helped make a difference in the lives of newborns in Uganda. Weebale nnyo – “Thank you very much” in Luganda.'