It was the first visit to Dubbo on behalf of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation for chairman Paul Francis and patron Ray Martin.

Three new pieces of medical equipment have been donated to the hospital including an oxygen blender valued at $2700, a MR850 humidifier valued at $3800 and an EZ-IO worth $1500 with more equipment on the way.

Mr Martin highlighted how important this life-saving equipment is in a hospital such as the EZ-IO, which delivers fluid to a baby in emergency situations.

“We had a nurse ring us about four years ago who said ‘I am mad as hell I just lost a baby, a baby had died because we didn’t have one of these’,” he said.

Both visitors happily noted that there were no ill children in the emergency department at Dubbo Base Hospital during their visit.

“The staff here are obviously fantastic but so often the medical staff in hospitals, not just rural NSW are working with one hand tied behind their back because they simply don’t have the equipment to use the skills they have got,” Mr Francis said. “It is good to see the names of our sponsors on donated equipment in Dubbo.”

There has been $21,000 worth of medical equipment donated to the Dubbo Base Hospital by the Humpty Dumpty Foundation in the past two years.

Both Mr Francis and Mr Martin will continue to visit hospitals in far western NSW with some to receive Mobile Infant Warmers valued at $7600 each.

There are nine Mobile Infant Warmers in total with one to be sent to hospitals in: Wilcannia, White Cliffs, Ivanhoe, Tibooburra, Wentworth and Balranald for the emergency departments and three pieces will be sent to Broken Hill Hospital.

The equipment would be used in the paediatric, emergency and special care nursery departments.