80,000 hospital gowns donated to Jamaica

MIAMI, Florida:

National Air Cargo Holdings of South Florida. has donated 80,000 gowns to Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness for distribution in hospitals across the country.

The donation was part of a total shipment of some 300,000 gowns split among Jamaica, Haiti and a number of other Caribbean islands.

Oliver Mair, Jamaica’s consul general to Miami, who was instrumental in getting the gowns, thanked National Airlines for its generous contribution to boost efforts to outfit Jamaican hospitals with the vital equipment and protective gear.

“Our health system will benefit by this kind gesture,” said Mair, who also thanked Food For The Poor (FFP), which was instrumental in providing the logistical support for getting the gowns into Jamaica.

Georgia Goldsmith, director of HR and compliance at National Airlines, initiated the processes and coordinated with the US consul general to Jamaica and the FFP teams to facilitate the collection of the level 3 disposable sterile surgical gowns in 1,750 cartons from National’s storage facilities.

“National has always practised a policy of business with social commitment. We have been at the forefront of numerous global crises as first responders, which includes successful missions delivering COVID-19 medical relief supplies across the globe,” said Christopher Alf, chairman of National Air Cargo Group, Inc.

“This partnership with Food For The Poor is a small token of our shared responsibility to provide needed medical relief supplies around the world. We will continue collaborating with organisations throughout our future,” he added.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, National Air Cargo group has been instrumental in airlifting medical supplies, including protective masks, gowns and oxygen cylinders, into the United States, China, parts of Africa, India, Pakistan and Nepal, and other countries.

National teams also coordinated the safe transport of COVID-19 vaccines to inaccessible terrains. This is not the first time National has coordinated missions in Jamaica and Haiti.

Lester Hinds