Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, is delighted to become a Patron of Hailsham based charity Medi Tech Trust.
Medi Tech Trust is a small charity of five trustees, four permanent staff and about 25 volunteers. The charity’s work initially started as a project to raise funds for a laser machine in Eastbourne Hospital over twenty years ago. Since then, the charity has supplied over £1 million worth of equipment to East Sussex hospitals and related medical services, and has also grown into a hugely important resource, collecting unwanted medical equipment which is then distributed to low-income countries, with accompanying training programmes enabling local doctors and health staff to use it.
By promoting medical recycling, Medi Tech Trust is contributing to the welfare of many patients across the world including in Africa and Asia, supplying medical equipment that would otherwise be unavailable to them. One of the most recent projects of the charity has been delivering medical supplies including fracture boots to Ukraine.
Medi Tech Trust is one of only two charities in the UK carrying out this work. For its local as well as world-reaching work, Medi Tech Trust was received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2021.
Nusrat visited the charity last month to meet its Trustees and volunteers and was delighted to have been subsequently invited by the Trustees to become the charity’s Patron.
To find out more about Medi Tech Trust or the volunteering opportunities they offer, visit www.meditechtrust.org.
Nusrat Ghani said: “I’m proud to be supporting Medi Tech Trust volunteers and Trustees as a Patron. Medi Tech Trust is a unique Hailsham-based charity, carrying out important work enabling the community to recycle unused and unwanted medical supplies; by donating equipment to hospitals and surgeries both in East Sussex and globally; and providing vital training to surgeons overseas. They are making a huge contribution to the welfare of many patients across the world, and I look forward to continuing working with the charity as its Patron and support their fantastic work.”
