We are happy to inform you that all the equipment we sent in 14 boxes in a full container that we shipped in November 2011 to Ethiopia has arrived in Bahir Dar. The container transport arrived 2011 Dec. 7 in Djibouti. Arrived final destination Modjo Dry port two weeks later. Cargo description 1x20' container – 14 items of used medical equipment.
We have now worked to get all papers that are demanded by the authorities. Everything is so slow and the bureaucracy is almost hopeless. On May 27 2012 the container arrived in Bahir Dar after 6 months of bureaucratic negotiations with endless writing of new documents. After a paper was submitted that was said was what was needed, we got new requirements. We were ready to give up but finally the problems was solved.
The approval from the customs took very long time because Samuel Assafa has a 5-year duty exemption on import of medical equipments and legal issues concerning medical equipment was not so strait forward as one could have expected. It was a costly time delay period while the bureaucracy was handled. There was no question on bribery and one of the answers to the delay can be the new hard routines that have been put in place to stop all bribery.
(Packing List below)
Packing list for container to Bahir Dar Ethiopia
Box 1 (short pallet)
- One anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Stormhatt
- Spare parts, accessories and laryngoscopes.
Box 2 (short pallet)
- One anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Näckros
- Two Neonathal C-PAP, Infant flow made by EMC.
Box3 (short pallet)
- One anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Blåsippan.
- Spare parts, accessories.
- Two arm supports.
- Face masks for anesthesia
- Used operating clothes sheets and blankets.
Box 4
- Two dental operating chairs (in parts)
- One Digora scanner for big x-ray image plates. made by Sordex
Box 5 (short pallet)
- One Anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Gullviva
- Three anesthesia carburetors
- Spare parts, accessories.
- Two stands for assistance trays
- Three holders for the assistance trays
- Three assistance trays
Box 6
- One Anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Wallmo
- Spare parts, accessories.
- One warming pad for infants
- One stand for assistance trays
- One operating lamp for dental surgery
- One box with used surgical instruments.
- One box and a paper bag with fabrics and equipments for nose surgery
Box 7
- One operating microscope Ziess with floor stand
- One small operating microcope Ziess with wall support arm.
- One dental unit made by Belas
- One light cabinet for x-ray dianostic
- One Siemens ventilator 900C with anesthesia gas carburetors
- One box with saliva ejectors
- Accessory for ultra sonic cleaner
Box 8
- One Memoskope controll and memory unit for mobil x-ray unit.(Siremobil 4, Siemens)
- Two Digora scanners for intaoral x-ray image plates.
- One stand for Digora scanner in box 4.
- One Box with intaoral x-ray image plates.
- One Asdivac suction engine
- One electrical plastic bag closing machine with bags.
Box 9
- One Anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Blåeld.
- Spare parts, accessories.
- Three anesthesia carburetors
- One box with carbondioxide absorption materials for anesthesia stations
- Two arms for dental operating lamps
- One dental operating lamp.
Box 10 (short pallet)
- One Anesthesia station, ADU/AS3 made by Datex named Murgröna.
- Two anesthesia carburetors
- One ventilator 900C made by Siemens with anesthesia gas carburators
- Spare parts, accessories.
Box 11 long pallet 2 meter
- One mobil x-ray unit.(Siremobil 4, Siemens
- One OPG x-ray unit OC10
- One dental unit UNIC-R with accessory
- One Ondont Surgical Electro tom
- One roof mounted operating lamp
- Holder for x-ray film including films
- Two x-ray analyzing/displaying computers with special connection cards for two Digora scanners for intaoral x-ray image plates in box 8 and for Ethernet connection to the Digora scanner for big x-ray image plates in box 4.
Box 12
- One Ultra sound unit, Gyn Sonoace 6000 made by Medicsond
- One packet vessel puncture needles
- One gastroscope unit with accessory parts
- One gastroscope light unit
- Crowns forms in boxes
Pallet 13
- Getinge Hospital Steam Autoclave 1993
Box 14
- Stand OPG x-ray unit OC10 in box 11
