C R E A T I N G H O P E A N D O F F E R I N G I N S P I R A T I O N F O R A P E A C E F U L F U T U R E

 n BMETs are the individuals responsible for repairing, maintaining and installing 85% of a hospital’s life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic biomedical equipment. The cost of outside technical service providers accounts for approximately 80% of Israeli hospitals purchased-service spending and up to 25% of total operating expenses. Equipment downtime, failure, and disasters can set off a chain of events all adding to the financial stress Israeli hospitals are experiencing today.

 nThe IPCEE Action Plan introduces a new licensed occupation in Israel and the West Bank. Licensed BMETs enable hospitals to maintain, repair, calibrate and operate the majority of biomedical equipment found in developed countries. IPCEE has partnered with Texas based- MediSend International to offer a six-month intensive BMET certification program approved by the US BMET Board of Examiners and the United States Certification Commission. Each graduate will return home with the MediSend Biomedical Equipment Test and Repair Kit™, designed for each participating partner hospital. The kit contains over 4,000 laboratory repair tools,supply items and state-of-the-art testing and calibration equipment. The BMET Test and Repair Kit will enable the technicians to successfully perform their duties and fill the hospital’s needs from day one.

IPCEE has found common ground and is securing signed Memorandum of Understandings from:

 nHadassah Medical Center Ein Kerem (in hand)

 n Emek Medical Center in Afula (in hand)

 nAn-Najah National University Hospital, in Nablus (in process)

 n IDF Medical Corps (in process)

 n Israel School of Military Medicine (in process)

 n Israel’s Ministry of Health (in process)

 nThe Health Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) – which engages in coordinating civilian issues between the Government of Israel, the IDF, international NGO’s, diplomats, and the Palestinian Authority. (in process)

S E C O N D C H A L L E N G EThe need for on-site licensed biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) in Israeli and Palestinian hospitals.