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Doc to Dock
Doc to Dock is a Brooklyn, New York-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that sends donated medical supplies and equipment to hospitals and clinics in Africa and Haiti. It was founded in 2005 by cardiologist and medical professor Bruce Charash.〔http://doctodock.org/index.php?page=who-we-are.〕
Thousands of tons of medical supplies are discarded in the United States every day.〔“Donations in Short Supply: Your Hospital’s Unused Items Can Make a World of Difference,” by Susan Birk, in Materials Management in Health Care, December 2007. http://www.matmanmag.com/matmanmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=MATMANMAG/Article/data/12DEC2007/0712MMH_FEA_Quality&domain=MATMANMAG.〕 This occurs largely because U.S. government regulations force hospitals to discard any unused medical supplies in an opened outer package, even if the remaining items are individually wrapped and sterile.〔“Doc to Dock Sends Unused Medical Supplies to Africa,” by Jeffrey Thomas, in America.gov, December 1, 2007. http://www.america.gov/st/foraid-english/2007/December/20071201130648abretnuh0.7817346.html.〕 These supplies are either incinerated or deposited in landfills.〔“Doc to Dock – Improving Health & Saving Lives in Africa,” by Virginia Nuessle, in the Global Ageing Network Blog from the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing, December 3, 2007. http://iahsa.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/doc-to-dock-%E2%80%93-improving-health-saving-lives-in-africa/.〕 Meanwhile, in developing nations, thousands of patients are turned away from hospitals and medical centers due to a lack of supplies.〔“One Hospital’s Trash, Another Hospital’s Treasure,” by Carol Berczuk, in The Hospitalist, February 2009. http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/184545/One_Hospitals_Trash_Another_Hospitals_Treasure.html.〕 Charash created Doc to Dock to rectify this imbalance. The organization also benefits the U.S. environment by reducing the strain on landfills.
==Founding==
Doc to Dock was born as the result of an appeal made by former U.S. president Bill Clinton at the first summit meeting of the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative in late 2005.〔“Doc to Doc, Inc.,” report by NYC Service, May 4, 2009. http://volunteer.nycservice.org/org/10252974868.html.〕 The corporate, political, and other leaders who make up the Initiative’s membership are required to commit to projects that benefit humankind and to report on their progress each year.〔http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/aboutus/default.asp.〕 Charash conceived of his commitment at the inaugural meeting and founded Doc to Dock soon afterward.
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