FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Donation provides needed equipment for patients in need of mobility during
therapy, treatments
JUPITER, Fla. (January 20, 2014) – Clinics Can Help, a local non-profit that donates surplus durable medical equipment and supplies
to financially needy children and adults in the county has partnered with the
Wheelchair Foundation to provide 10 children’s wheelchairs for
Jupiter Medical Center this January. The wheelchairs will assist those undergoing therapy, testing
and treatments, and who have limited mobility. As the premier not-for-profit
healthcare provider in northern Palm Beach and southern Martin Counties,
Jupiter Medical Center relies heavily on community support for maintaining
its world-class service for its patients.
Based in Fort Lauderdale, as well as other cities and countries, the Wheelchair
Foundation is a Division of Global Health and Education Foundation. The
non-profit seeks to provide access to the more than 100 million children,
teens and adults who are unable to afford a wheelchair and Clinics Can
Help is a perfect partner for them in Palm Beach County.
“We are thrilled to be able to provide this assistance to Jupiter
Medical Center,” says Clinics Can Help executive director, Owen
O’Neill. “Clinics Can Help started by donating wheelchairs
to those in need, which dovetails directly with the Wheelchair Foundation’s
own mission. By partnering together, we were able to bring more than 120
wheelchairs for some of our area’s neediest patients.”
“Jupiter Medical Center is grateful to Clinics Can Help and the Wheelchair
Foundation for graciously donating wheelchairs for our pediatric and adolescent
patients,” said John D. Couris, President & CEO of Jupiter Medical
Center. “This donation signifies local businesses working together
to provide world-class healthcare services to our patients and families
we serve. With the recent announcement of our partnership with Miami Children’s
Hospital, these wheelchairs will directly benefit even more pediatric
patients throughout the region.”
To learn more about ways Clinics Can Help is supporting individuals, families
and organizations in Palm Beach County through donations of medical equipment
and supplies, please visit
www.clinicscanhelp.org or call (561) 640-2995.
ABOUT CLINICS CAN HELP
Clinics Can Help, a grass roots organization founded by local hospice
nurse Owen O'Neill, started by donating wheelchairs and hospital beds
to needy patients in 2005. Mr. O'Neill, with the help of the entire
community, has since assisted over 1,400 clients by donating over $600,000
worth of recycled medical equipment. To arrange a loan of medical equipment,
simply call Clinics Can Help at (561) 640-2995 or visit their West Palm
Beach office 1550 Latham Rd., Unit #10 in West Palm Beach for more information
or to complete a simple application.
ABOUT JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER
A not-for-profit 283-bed regional medical center consisting of 163 private
acute care hospital beds and 120 long-term care, sub-acute rehabilitation
and Hospice beds, Jupiter Medical Center provides a broad range of services
with specialty concentrations in oncology, imaging, orthopedics &
spine, digestive health, emergency services, lung & thoracic, women’s
health, weight management and men’s health. Founded in 1979, the
Medical Center has approximately 1,500 team members, 520 physicians and
700 volunteers. For more information on Jupiter Medical Center, please
call (561) 263-2234 or visit
www.jupitermed.com.
Wheelchair Donation to Jupiter Medical Center