MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Henry Schein,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and
services to office-based practitioners, is working with its
non-governmental organization (NGO) partners – Direct Relief,
International Medical Corps, Americares, and Heart to Heart –
to deliver essential health care supplies to victims of the
devastating floods in Pakistan, which left more than a thousand
dead, an estimated four million homeless, and more than 15 million
people affected.
The disaster response effort is part of Henry Schein Cares, the
Company’s global social responsibility program. To aid in the
immediate response to emergencies around the world, Henry Schein
Cares partners with international relief organizations and ensures
that these organizations consistently have Henry Schein health care
products in their warehouses ready to go when disasters strike.
“Coordination of relief efforts to areas affected by disaster is
essential, and we applaud the work of our NGO partners that are
working with local organizations on the ground in Pakistan where
health care facilities were destroyed, and ensuring that donated
health care supplies are being used effectively and efficiently,”
said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Henry Schein. “Henry Schein’s work to help the people of
Pakistan is part of our ongoing commitment to give back to society,
which has marked our Company for nearly eight decades. As we
have grown into a multinational corporation, the scope of this
responsibility has grown proportionately.”
To enable Team Schein Members and others outside of the Company
to support relief efforts in a coordinated way, the Company also
has established a Pakistan Flood Relief Fund through the Henry
Schein Cares Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. He
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