Medical equipment for children with disabilities in Sonora (electromyograph)

Objective

Acquiring electromyography equipment for the Teletón Children's Rehabilitation Center (CRIT) will allow specialized diagnoses for children with different types of disabilities, improving therapeutic planning for more than half of the 1,050 families the center currently serves. It will also have a strong positive financial impact, saving costs by replacing expensive external services with in-house equipment, and it will offer external patients this specialized service at competitive prices, increasing the project's self-sustainability.

Project design

The request was designed together with CRIT to use a global grant to acquire the equipment with the greatest social impact given the current conditions of the rehabilitation center and the type of patients it mostly treats. The conclusion was that an electromyography machine would have the most favorable impact on the health of the center's regular patients. The medical staff who will operate this equipment model are already trained in its proper use, and the quotation includes installation, preventive maintenance, a one-year warranty and lifetime remote support.

Beneficiaries

The equipment is expected to benefit more than half of the 1,050 families currently served at the Teletón Children's Rehabilitation Center, as well as more than 500 additional external families per year through diagnoses for outpatients at more competitive costs, in line with CRIT's social mission.

Sustainability

The equipment will save CRIT patients the cost of approximately 1,320 external studies a year, at an average of $3,500 pesos each, that is, $4,620,000 pesos (US $25,667). CRIT patients receive the service for a symbolic fee or even free of charge, depending on their socioeconomic assessment, but it can also be offered to external patients at an estimated price of less than $1,900 pesos per study (US $106). This will benefit even more people and generate additional income for CRIT that can be reinvested in caring for more patients and in maintaining the equipment.

Partner organizations

• Rotary Club of Hermosillo del Desierto, as promoter and manager of the global grant that will make the purchase of the equipment possible

Monitoring and evaluation

Three metrics are defined for monitoring and evaluation:

• Number of studies performed per year
• Number of CRIT patients who received better preventive treatment per year
• Number of external beneficiaries with access to specialized studies at a better cost per year

Implementation year

2026