Maple Hope Foundation Delivers 30 MOVES® SLC™ Life-support Systems to Aid in the Treatment of Critically Injured Ukrainians

Kyiv, Ukraine, May 11, 2023– Maple Hope Foundation, a registered Canadian non-profit organization, today announced the delivery of a generous donation of 30 Thornhill Medical  life-support systems, MOVES® SLC™,  for immediate use in Ukraine by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, as part of Maple Hope’s Medical Relief Initiative. 

The medical equipment was donated to Maple Hope Foundation by the Government of Canada. As part of Maple Hope Foundation’s deployment of the donation in Ukraine, Thornhill Medical is contributing technology training to military anesthesiologists, along with medical accessories and consumables. The casualty care portable life-support system will be utilized by forward medical personnel for casualty and patient care, transport of patients by land and air, and in other critical care environments.

Thornhill Medical’s MOVES® SLC™ is a micro-integrated life support system, which was designed for the provision of medical care in conflict and disaster-stricken zones. The portable, battery-operated system which is both lightweight and rugged, combines an oxygen concentrator, a unique O2-conserving ventilator, suction, and complete patient monitoring into a single, compact, system. 

Medical experts at Maple Hope Foundation and in Ukraine have expressed their gratitude for this new donation of the proven technology, emphasizing its dire need. The MOVES® SLC™ has been in use in Ukraine by civilian and military medical personnel since 2022; and there is great demand for additional systems.  

Quotes: “"Doctors of our center highly appreciate the capabilities and functionality of the MOVES SLС life support system in working with the wounded. We used this system for evacuation, transportation of the seriously