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Through this partnership, the Belize Spine Program began in 2010 and since then the team has conducted a number of spinal surgeries. Now, more patients will be able to benefit from this donation. A short handing over ceremony was held in the KHMH conference room and co- founder of Spine Overseas John Williams discussed how these machines will play a critical role in the improvement of patient health.

Dr. John Williams, Co-Founder - Spine Overseas
"It's been a thrill to see patient care and patient coming to the Karl Heusner with bad spine problems and walk out with improvement in their situation. The importance here is, when a patient needs blood after they lost blood during surgery, this way they get their own blood back. It takes stress off their blood back facilities here in the country and is the more healthy option when a patient does need blood after surgery."

Dr. Adrian Coye, CEO - KHMH
"The cell saver has an application in complex surgeries, if there is a potential for lots of bleeding. There is always risk for blood transfusion and some patient when they read about these risks, even though the practice of blood transfusion... blood banking in Belize is a high quality, the risk is very low to transmit any infections, but patient may still be paranoid about it, or for religious reasons, they may decide I don't want to receive blood. This now helps to open that option, where then by using this technology, blood that is lost actively from the field while you are doing a major surgery, can be harvested, washed and then re-transfused to the patient."

The machines are valued at $40,000 each.