General Electric of Fairfield, CT, has upped its total donations for Hurricane Katrina relief to over $18 million.
GE, the parent of multimodality vendor GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has donated $8 million in cash to the American Red Cross and $10 million in equipment and services to the relief effort. The cash includes $1 million in donations from GE employees, which the company has matched.
The equipment includes medical devices, power generation equipment, water purification systems, and other goods and services. GE has appointed a vice president, Dick Pease, to coordinate the company's response to the hurricane.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
September 12, 2005
Related Reading
GE gets Innova CT clearance, September 7, 2005
GE gets U.S. Innova 2100IQ install, August 31, 2005
GE signs Novation, August 25, 2005
GE names Riesenberg to IT post, August 18, 2005
GE, Insightec ink new deal, August 17, 2005
Copyright © 2005 AuntMinnie.com
