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Team Jamaica Bickle makes AED donations to UTech

Published:Wednesday | October 25, 2023 | 12:06 AM
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Members of Team Jamaica Bickle, representatives from the Ministry of Education and Youth as well as from local and international sponsoring corporate entities turned out to support Team Jamaica Bickle on Wednesday, October 18, at UTech, Jamaica’s Alfred
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Members of Team Jamaica Bickle, representatives from the Ministry of Education and Youth as well as from local and international sponsoring corporate entities turned out to support Team Jamaica Bickle on Wednesday, October 18, at UTech, Jamaica’s Alfred Sangster Auditorium as they handed over US$75m worth of external defibrillator units to educational institutions. Seen here (from left) are: David James, co-founder, Dominic Allesandro James Foundation, Dennis Hawthorne, president and CEO, Dennis Shipping Company Inc., Irwine Clare Sr, chair, Team Jamaica Bickle, Fayval Williams, MP, minister of education and youth, Dr Kassan Troupe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr Kevin Brown, president, University of Technology, Jamaica, and Omar Wright, Lead Environment and Community Development Programmes, Jamaica National Foundation.
Karen Wilson-Robinson (left), Esq, vice-chair, Team Jamaica Bickle, presents one of the units to Dr Kevin Brown (right), president, University of Technology, Jamaica during the official handover ceremony held last Wednesday at the university’s Alfred San
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Karen Wilson-Robinson (left), Esq, vice-chair, Team Jamaica Bickle, presents one of the units to Dr Kevin Brown (right), president, University of Technology, Jamaica during the official handover ceremony held last Wednesday at the university’s Alfred Sangster Auditorium, Papine Campus.
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The University of Technology, Jamaica was among 35 educational institutions to receive automated external defibrillator (AED) units valued at US$75,000 through Team Jamaica Bickle’s Defibrillator to Schools Programme on Wednesday, October 18. The portable life-saving devices are used to provide first aid medical care to individuals who experience sudden cardiac arrest. They are also designed to administer electrical shocks to help resuscitate the heart rhythms of individuals so impacted. Team Jamaica Bickle, with the help of its medical sponsors, will also be training representatives from the receiving organisations in the use of the defibrillators.