Dont forget commercial industry. In the oil and sector in Canada we have lots of industrial medic companies. I know from my work that many of them use to receive equipment from Oil companies when projects ended. The oil Companies didnt want or need the equipment from these sites and ended up usually shipping them to these companies to get rid of them. Im talking about all kinds of gear. Not Medical grade drugs, but the equipment for first aid , and medical stations.
The first company I worked for had me go thru the warehouses they had and I found Tad Radios, oxygen tanks, SCBAs, specialized aircraft medical equipment for transporting patients, all sorts of medical equipment, boxes of bandages, meteorological equipment (many First aiders in the 80s , 90s filled in different roles like air traffic control, security , etc. on remote sites atleast with this company) , plus the stuff they have kept from there own stocks, or purchases of other companies they never got around to inventorying.
Many of them had MTCs , mobile trauma centers built on pick ups, Loaded with medical equipment to help stabilize a patient and IV fluids and some meds, burn kits, along with all kinds of specialized equipment. Many of them had offices spread thru out the various provinces and in many times satellite offices to allow them to operate in an area, those offices had replacement equipment and vehicle parts and fluids. The company I worked for had tons of vehicle parts, vehicle fluids, tires, oil drums, radios for private oil roads, just loads of stuff, trailers and office trailers set up as temporary med bays on sites, and our main office and satellite offices were all out in a rural areas.
Talking with other fleet operations personnel from other companies, we where not the only company with the problem of warehouses and seacans full of old or over stocked equipment. Now that just a sample in this industry, what about other companies in other industries.
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