Used hospital beds journey 50km to new home

Recently, Hualien Mennonite Hospital renewed two older hand-cranked beds as part of an equipment upgrade. The beds, which were still in tip-tip condition and functioning normally, were disinfected and transported nearly 50 kilometers to the small health center in Hualien County’s Guangfu Elementary School, helping to create a better campus health center.

The situation came about after a local social worker observed that the school’s small health center was only equipped with a tough wooden bed. Fearing cross-infection problems, the social worker sought to improve the school’s care environment and decided to contact local hospitals to see if they would be willing to donate any old beds. In view of the fact that the beds were second-hand, the hospital and social worker first contacted the school to see if it would be a willing recipient. After getting affirmative feedback, second-hand beds in good condition were selected from the Material Management Section, giving them a new lease of life. 

Used hospital beds journey 50km to new home

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(以下是中文對照)

旅行50公里，二手病床另覓「娘家」

花蓮門諾醫院近期汰換的兩張舊型的手搖式設備病床，兩張病床的各項功能都可以正常運作，在經過消毒與妥善的運送後，病床旅行了將近50公里，來到了花蓮縣光復國小的保健室，成為校園保健的庇護。

由於在地社工觀察到光復國小的保健室只有一張克難的木板床，因為擔心交叉感染的問題，於是試著聯繫醫院，是否有汰換的病床可以捐贈，讓學校能有更好的照護環境。由於是二手病床，社工與醫院仍然尊重校方的意見，在徵得學校願意受贈的意願後，再由醫院的資材課，挑選狀況良好的手搖病床進行捐贈，讓二手病床有了新生命。