January 14, 2010

The EWH chapter at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has been featured in their school’s online newspaper, the Mustang Daily.  Led by senior engineering students Jen Van Donk and Tim O'Neill, the chapter has built over 20 EWH Kits, low-cost defibrillator testers that allow hospital technicians in developing countries to effectively maintain and repair medical equipment.  The EWH Kits offer an affordable solution to these technicians, as a used defibrillator tester from a hospital in the US typically costs around $2,000, which is beyond the budget of the hospitals in most developing countries.  The EWH Cal Poly chapter is also beginning a program with Direct Relief International in Santa Barbara, California to refurbish medical equipment donations bound for resource poor hospitals around the world.