Australian Skin Clinics Donates Medical Scrubs

Leading Australian medi-aesthetic company Australian Skin Clinics has found a new use for its medical scrubs and supplies – sending them to Africa to help save the lives of women in need.

With one in 100 women in Madagascar dying during childbirth due to the lack of adequate medical standards and equipment, Australian Skin Clinics is rallying the beauty and medi-aesthetics industry together to help provide supplies for this worthy cause.

Working together with the not-for-profit organisation Australian Doctors for Africa (ADFA), Australian Skin Clinics Managing Director, Deb Farnworth-Wood, said she didn't hesitate to donate supplies that her clinics use every day when she learnt that those same products could save a woman's life.

'It's hard to imagine when we have ample supplies of medical scrubs at our clinics, that there are women out there that don't survive child birth due to the lack of such essential equipment.

'At Australian Skin Clinics, we put enormous emphasis on the importance of cleanliness and hygiene, so it seemed only right that we continue that philosophy and practice beyond the clinics themselves and help as many women as possible to enjoy safe and appropriate medical treatment," Ms Farnworth-Wood said.

Lack of sterile garments in Madagascan hospitals is one of the key issues that lead to problems after childbirth.

While basic healthcare is provided for free, the patients themselves must pay for the required supplies such as bed sheets, dressings and food.

'Working within the medical space, we believe that every woman should be treated with the highest standard of care," Ms Farnworth-Wood said, 'and we hope our contribution will allow these women to feel self-respect and dignity when giving birth.

'We are calling on anyone in the medi-aesthetic, beauty or medical space to share what they can spare – scrubs, sterile equipment and basic medical supplies will go a long way in helping to prevent complications during childbirth."

Scrub and medical supplier Medeleq has already pledged its support, but Ms Farnworth-Wood said they still need many more companies to come on board.