Hartford HealthCare Spearheads Sizable Donation to Jamaica

A donation by a local business facilitated through Hartford HealthCare is bringing more than $550,000 worth of PPE to Jamaica.

Hartford HealthCare has forged a strong partnership with the island nation since the start of the pandemic, with the health system coordinating the donation of needed supplies and exploring other opportunities to share technology and information.

Hearing about this connection, Chirag Thaker and Jalpa Thaker from Russell and Dawson Architecture in East Hartford reached out to see how they could help.

“In our community, everyone now has access to masks and hand sanitizers. We were looking to donate these to where they would be most valuable and useful,” said Chirag Thaker, president, Russell and Dawson Architecture.

Their donation includes KN95 masks, 3 ply masks, gloves, gowns and hand sanitizer — items still in great need in Jamaica. The company has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in PPE to various communities and organizations since the start of the pandemic.

Read more about the donation and Hartford HealthCare's partnership with Jamaica.