PositiveMotion is a company dedicated to providing medical equipment to third world countries around the globe. A team of 20 students, medical providers, and their families from Arizona and Texas attended an annual mission trip to New Hope Primary School and Orphanage in Kampala, Uganda. New Hope was started over 8 years ago when preacher Chris Lubega began finding abandoned children on his door step, from tragedies such as AIDS and wars along Uganda's borders. New Hope is now home to more than 800 orphans, 30 teachers and staff. The school provides an education and opportunity for a better future for the children of Uganda. Heading up the Texas team was Dr Eric Wilke, CMO and Medical Director for Affilion. The following is an excerpt from the PositiveMotion website and blog.
"The idea for PositiveMotion began during a mission trip to Uganda in March of 2008. Noticing the lack available transportation for people who are sick or injured, I began sketching out a motorcycle pulling a modified stretcher. My thought was to create a "motorcycle ambulance" for the third world. I also asked the physicians at Mengo Hospital what the acute equipment needs were. Some of the top items included an ECG machine and IV infusion pumps.
Upon returning to the US, I contacted the Bioengineering Department at Texas A&M and began work on creating a design. Shortly after, I partnered with Dr. Mark Benden, PhD to help further the design process and expand on my original ideas.
Since then, we have teams working on the motorcycle ambulance, an inexpensive ECG machine that interfaces with a laptop and inkjet printer, and an IV infusion pump.
Now, we are launching PositiveMotion as a company to create, produce, and distribute medical devices and products to the developing world. We will continue to post images, video, and blog entries to chronicle our progress. Also, if you have any ideas or contacts to help us with our goal, please contact us."
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