Tilda Technologies, an IT software development company in Boksburg on the East Rand, this Christmas, donated a much needed oxygen concentrator to St Francis Care Centre, a non-profit palliative hospice, to aid oxygen dependent patients.

Tildatech is a regular patron of St Francis Care Centre, a multi-cultural, multi-denominational centre, which focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients, young and old, through all the stages of a life threatening illness.

‘We are greatly dependent on the kindness and generosity of others and we are absolutely over the moon that we now have our very own oxygen concentrator on sight,’ said Tilly Brouwer, centre manager at St Francis Care Centre.

A portable oxygen machine uses sieve-bed technology to extract oxygen from the surrounding air, concentrating the oxygen content of normal room air to approximately 90%, at flow rates from five to ten litres per minute providing a continuous supply of oxygen.

Mrs Brouwer continued, ‘There are quite a number of patients who require oxygen and we have limited access to oxygen tanks, as the cost is steep. In the past, we have asked families to hire oxygen tanks however we support the poor, sick and vulnerable, so more often than not these families are unable to afford it and so this gift from Tilda Technologies will bring incredible relief in more ways than one.’

‘We wish to add value to our country and its people and what better way to do so than to assist and support those in need, especially at this time of year. We are incredibly blessed and very pleased to be able to provide this apparatus to St Francis.’ said Brett Robertson, CEO at Tilda Technologies.

If you would like to know more about St Francis Care Centre, visit www.stfranciscarecentre.co.za or email tilly@stfranciscarecentre.co.za For donations please contact Cynthia Dicks on (27) 11 894 - 4151.