Donations

The Harry Daly Museum and the Richard Bailey Library have been granted deductible gift recipient status by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). By receiving this endorsement from the ATO it means that any cash donations over $2 to the Museum and Library are tax deductible. For further information regarding making a cash donation please contact the ASA’s Curator, Librarian and Archivist 02 8556 9708 or curator@asa.org.au.

The ASA accepts monetary donations to its Benevolent Fund.  The purpose of the fund is assisting anaesthetists, their families and dependents or any other person the ASA feels is in dire necessitous circumstances during a time of serious personal hardship.

Please click here to download the donation form.

For further information on the ASA Benevolent Fund please contact the Executive Secretary.

Lifebox is a not-for-profit organisation saving lives by improving the safety and quality of surgical care in low-resource countries. The introduction of Lifebox pulse oximeters to hospitals in low-income and middle-income countries will make a major contribution to the quality and safety of anaesthesia and surgical care. You can help by donating through the ASA.

The Lifebox project aims to address the need for more robust safety measures by bringing low-cost, good quality pulse oximeters to low-income countries. After a year in consultation with international clinicians and manufacturers, Lifebox has developed the world’s foremost low-cost, high-quality pulse oximeter, compliant with all international standards. It can be supplied to clinicians and hospitals in low and middle-income countries for use in the operating theatre and throughout all areas of hospitals.

A key part of the project is that each oximeter is supplied with educational materials including videos, tutorials and a manual—all available free on a CD. Part of the project is to run training workshops so that the technology is accompanied by the knowledge of how to use and look after the oximeters to make them last longer and sustain improved standards of operative care.

The result is that Lifebox pulse oximeter devices will be available for US$250, with vital replacement probes (needed on average every six months) available for just $25. In the USA, pulse oximeters can cost $1,000. Lifebox is a joint project by a number of anaesthetic societies including the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists under the leadership of Professor Atul Gawande at Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

The ASA has been a major supporter of Lifebox over many years as part of its overseas aid work. The Australasian Lifebox Committee is made up of ASA, ANZCA, and the NZSA – funds are allocated to the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Suzi Nou, a member of the ODEC, represents the ASA on this committee.

 To donate to Lifebox, please visit Lifebox Australia and New Zealand.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your Lifebox donation please do not hesitate to contact the ODEC Secretary.