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Fujifilm companies in Japan and the U.S. have provided $400,000 in financial assistance and Fujifilm medical products and equipment.

Fujifilm Holdings American Corp.’s president and CEO, Ryutaro Hosoda, has announced that Fujifilm companies in Japan and the U.S. have provided $400,000 in financial assistance and Fujifilm medical products and equipment in support of the people of Haiti following the earthquake that struck there on January 12.
“Fujifilm extends its condolences to the bereaved families following the major earthquake that struck the Republic of Haiti,” Hosoda.said. “We offer our sincerest sympathies to those affected by the disaster.”
Fujifilm companies in the U.S. provided financial assistance to the nonprofit Hope for Haiti. Stamford, CT-based Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc., through a partnership with Stamford Hospital and AmeriCares, donated a portable digital X-ray system to help clinicians struggling with a lack of diagnostic equipment to set patients’ bones and diagnose and treat other medical conditions. Accompanying the equipment will be a Stamford Hospital X-ray technologist, who will train Haitian clinicians in the use of the system.
Fujifilm companies in Japan provided financial assistance and Fujifilm X-ray film supplies to aid in the Haiti relief efforts through the Japan Platform Foundation, an international emergency humanitarian aid organization founded to provide assistance to major disasters and humanitarian crises by coordinating the efforts of non-governmental organizations, the business community and the government of Japan.