Smiths Medical are sponsoring the Namche Bazaar laboratory

Smiths Medical are sponsoring the Namche Bazaar laboratory. Smiths Medical is a supplier of specialist medical devices to global markets. It comprises three product groupings: Safety Devices, Critical Care and Medication Delivery & Patient Monitoring (MDPM). Smiths Medical customers include hospitals and other healthcare providers worldwide. Smiths Medical employs nearly 7,500 people. Smiths Medical is part of the Smiths Group.

Smiths is a global technology company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Smiths Group is a world leader in the practical application of advanced technologies. Its products and services make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Smiths Group has four divisions: Aerospace, Detection, Medical and Specialty Engineering. It employs 32,000 people and has over 250 major facilities in 50 countries. On 15 January 2007 Smiths Group announced the sale of Smiths Aerospace to General Electric Company (GE), which remains subject to regulatory approvals.

Smiths Medical is involved with Caudwell Xtreme Everest in part through its sponsorship of the Smihts Medical Young Everest Study (SMYES). SMYES is a research project coordinated by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) and University College London?s Institute of Child Health (ICH). Doctors do not yet fully understand children?s responses to low oxygen levels, which are common in very sick children and can be fatal. SMYES aims to develop new treatments for critically ill children and those with breathing and sleep problems by investigating how healthy children, aged 6 to 13, cope with low oxygen levels on the world?s highest mountain. The study is supported by Smiths Medical, part of the global technology business Smiths Group. Smiths Medical pioneered the development of single use devices to help people breathe and continues to be a world leader in respiratory care. It has contributed around ?4 million towards medical research at University College London over the last decade.

For more information on the Smiths Medical Young Everest Study, please go to youngeverest.smiths.com

Story by Kay Mitchell