Nurse Julian Riley (right), of the dialysis unit at the St. Joseph's Hospital, looks over the brand new dialysis machines presented to the hospital by Wayne Smith (second left), chief exectuive officer, Olint Corporation, while Fabian Brown (left), executive director, St. Joseph's Hospital, and Professor Everad Barton look on during a handover presentation at the hospital, last Friday. - Contributed

The St. Joseph's Hospital last Friday received a donation of two state-of-the-art dialysis machines from Olint Corporation and its founder David Smith. The handover ceremony took place on the grounds of the hospital.

Chief executive officer of Olint, Wayne Smith, brother of the founder, said that St. Joseph's Hospital was providing a tremendous service to the people of Jamaica and was happy that Olint was in a position to support their efforts.

He lauded the team on their charitable efforts and said the initiative was the brainchild of his brother, who was unavoidably absent.

Mr. Smith handed over the machines, valued at several million dollars, to Nurse Julian Riley, head of the dialysis unit, and St. Joseph's Executive Director, Fabian Brown.

Mr. Brown thanked Olint for their generosity and said the machines -two KK200 series dialysis machines by Gambro Products - would enhance the services being provided by the hospital and help keep down the cost of dialysis, which was very expensive.