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36 I After extensive preparations while still in Germany, we had significantly expanded the equipment avail- able to us. Along with our tried-and-tested surgical suction pump, medeor Tanzania made available to us a new Chinese treatment unit. It turned out to be a real adventure getting this equipment, however, given the great number of administrative hurdles andimpedimentswehadtoovercomebeforetheunit was finally delivered. DHL sent us daily assurances that the units would be arriving on schedule. But each and every time the African authorities put up another unexpected hurdle. One time the shipping documents were arbi- trarilyalteredbyacustomsofficial;anothertimethe equipment was removed from the flight, ostensibly because the plane was too heavy for the flight from Dar-es-Salaam to Zanzibar. Thank God we had an- othertreatmentunittouseinhandlingourdailyflow of patients. It was only with help from the folks at medeorTanzaniaand&BEYONDthatwewereableto find a solution to our administrative nightmare. WhentheChineseunitfinallyreachedus,wewere surprisedathowcompactandefficientitwas.Ahighly efficient,integratedcompressormakestheunitready touseinjustfivesecondsanditcanbeusedforevery kind of procedure, from putting in synthetic fillings to performing complex surgical operations. It makes for a very practical treatment tool that can even be checked in at the airport along with standard 23kg luggage. The unit constitutes the basis for all future mobile treatments undertaken by Daktaris for Maasai. And wewouldliketotakeamomentheretoextendthanks to our third primary partner, Condor Contribute, for their help in transporting medical and dental aid supplies. Without their support a dental project as adventurousasthiswouldscarcelyhavebeenpossible. The thanks we got from the people of Tanzania re- ceiving free treatment was indescribable and cannot be compared with any other experience in medicine. Sincerest thanks from the Daktaris for Maasai… Bon Voyage! – Na safari nzuri!_ cone beam4_2014 Prof.Martin Jörgens DentalSpecialist Kaiserwerther Markt 25 40489 Düsseldorf- Kaiserwerth Germany Tel.:+49 211 4790079 info@dentalspecialists.de _contact medeor has produced medications on a non-profit basis for the past 50 years and provides crisis regions with medical supplies of all types.Europe’s largest medical aid organisation is our second primary sponsor and maintains a donations account of its own: 2-46-0170 Daktari for Maasai Account no.: 100 596 2285 Sort code: 300 501 10 (Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf) IBAN: DE97 3005 0110 1005 9622 85 BIC: DUSSDEDDXXX _info I special _ aid project cone beam cone beam CBE0414_30-36_Joergens 28.11.14 11:59 Seite 7 Tel.:+492114790079 Account no.: 1005962285 Sort code: 30050110 IBAN: DE97 300501101005962285 CBE0414_30-36_Joergens 28.11.1411:59 Seite 7

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