MedicAlert prepares to celebrate 50 years of saving lives in New Zealand
Posted: 16 October 2012
MedicAlert®
prepares to celebrate 50 years of saving lives in New Zealand
In celebration of 50 years of life-saving service
MedicAlert® is preparing to host an anniversary event on 7 November
2012 at the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor in Wellington.
A highlight of the event is a presentation to MedicAlert®’s
175,000th New Zealand member Aisling Anderson. Aisling enrolled with
MedicAlert® in August this year prior to visiting Hong Kong because
of a peanut allergy. Aisling said “I wanted to have the reassurance of being
protected while travelling”.
New Zealand MedicAlert®
Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Mr Murray Lord, says “We are delighted to have enrolled Aisling
as our 175,000th member and welcome her to the MedicAlert®
Family, MedicAlert® will be presenting Aisling with a custom
engraved gold plated genuine MedicAlert® emblem in celebration.”
MedicAlert® is an
internationally recognised non profit charitable organisation which provides emergency
access to vital patient health
information in an emergency.
This is made possible through
patient use of a Genuine MedicAlert® Emblem, which is
internationally trusted and respected. The Emblem provides an International
Hotline Number which gives Medical Facilities and Emergency Services access to important
patient health information lodged with the MedicAlert® Global Access
Service. This service is already accessible 24/7 by all three emergency Ambulance
communication centers in New Zealand.
Mr Murray
Lord states ”Over the last 50 years,
MedicAlert® emblems have
allowed members to play an active part in protection
of their health and welfare, and avoid being harmed, should an unexpected
Medical Emergency occur
in
New Zealand or when they are travelling abroad. It
ensures
critical patient medical risks and personal details are communicated to
emergency service and healthcare professionals, especially when they can’t
speak for themselves and can be a life saving tool, when time is of the essence”.
The Foundation supports ongoing
education for first aiders and emergency and healthcare professionals to ensure
routine checking for medical identification and understanding of how MedicAlert®
supports life-saving diagnosis and treatment when seconds count.
ENDS
Notes to
Editors
As a not-for-profit organisation MedicAlert
Foundation receives no direct government funding. Donations assist us to keep
the cost of our service to a minimum for all members and to maintain our
awareness programs.
To make a donation in support of what we do, please
visit our website www.medicalert.co.nz or call us toll free on 0800 840 111.
Today, MedicAlert®
is one of the largest nonprofit membership organizations in the world with a
mission to protect and save lives. Since 1956, MedicAlert® New
Zealand has relayed member's key medical facts to emergency medical personnel
so members can receive faster, safer treatment, and avoid harmful or fatal
reactions.
For more information, contact:
Murray Lord
CEO
0800 840 111
Ext 208
021 -261-6130
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