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Wednesday, March 02 2022 - 11:43
AsiaNet
Ukraine: Medicom Donates Over $250,000 in Medical Products
MONTREAL, Mar. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Quebec-based AMD Medicom Inc. ("Medicom"), one of the world's leading 
manufacturers of N95 respirators and medical grade surgical masks, joins the 
international business community in expressing its solidarity with the 
Ukrainian population. Medicom has operated a distribution center in Kyiv for 
over 10 years and employs over 15 people there.

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In order to support the humanitarian efforts underway in Ukraine, Medicom will 
be sending over $250,000 worth of medical products from North America and 
Europe. In addition, the company is launching a fundraiser among its nearly 
2,000 employees and will match every dollar donated. The funds raised will be 
donated to Doctors Without Borders and used primarily to improve access to 
health care and medication. 

"For the past few days, our thoughts have been with our colleagues in Kyiv and 
with the Ukrainian people. In keeping with our mission to protect, we decided 
to help the caregivers involved in the humanitarian efforts and their 
patients," said Guillaume Laverdure, Chief Operating Officer of Medicom.

Medicom's customers and partners who wish to support medical humanitarian aid 
operations in Ukraine can visit the Doctors Without Borders website at 
https://www.msf.org.

About the Medicom Group

The Medicom Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors 
of high-quality, single-use, preventive and infection control products for the 
medical, dental, industrial, animal health, laboratory, retail and health and 
wellness markets. Medicom was named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 
2021 and received a Mercure Award at the Mercuriades 2021.

Medicom distributes infection control products under the Medicom, Ritmed, 
Kolmi, Hopen, Ocean Pacific and Hedy brands. Medicom subsidiaries include 
Kolmi-Hopen in France, Medicom Asia in Hong Kong, United Medical Enterprise in 
the U.S.A., KHM Engineering in Singapore and Medicom HealthPro Limited in the 
U.K.

Medicom has extensive experience in responding to the demand for personal 
protective equipment in the event of a pandemic. Medicom was founded in 1988 in 
response to the urgent need for medical gloves for healthcare professionals 
during the global HIV crisis. Since then, the company has been a reliable 
supplier of infection control solutions during multiple epidemics, including 
avian flu, SARS, H1N1 and Ebola, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more information about Medicom and the company's comprehensive portfolio of 
infection control solutions, including an extensive range of medical face 
masks, please visit Medicom.com ( 
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Media Contact:
Gayle Padvaiskas
Vice President
Marketing, AMD Medicom Inc.
gpadvaiskas@medicom.ca  

SOURCE: AMD Medicom Inc.
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