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Hospital equipment auctioned through new web site

Saving the environment and containing medical costs may seem like social goals with no visible connection. However, they come together remarkably through MedBay Inc., a new online auction site for buying and selling hospital equipment. A new company, MedBay Inc. of Albuquerque, NM, has established a dynamic marketplace for buying and selling hospital equipment. The site seeks to serve hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, medical equipment manufacturers and other healthcare professionals with an auction site for new and used hospital equipment. Medical professionals know that inactive hospital equipment drains finances, and wastes equipment that could be used to improve medical care elsewhere, especially in rural areas with more limited resources. MedBay Inc. wants to serve these needs through its auction website for the purchase of quality used hospital equipment. MedBay Inc.'s online platform offers a safe and secure place for online transactions for used hospital equipment. The company also helps with packaging and shipping of items. Plus, all listings are posted through the MedBay Network of clients; none of the hospital equipment is owned by the company. In addition, the company employs full-service sales force that knows and understands medical equipment and the way it works. The staff is dedicated to assisting clients with any aspect of the sale or purchase of used hospital equipment. A review of MedBay's categories at www.medbay.com shows the wide range offered for hospital equipment. For instance, consider the equipment available under the Neonatal category. There are Bili Lights and a Bilirubinometer that a smaller hospital could use to treat neonatal jaundice. This condition is common in infants because the newborn's liver can be underdeveloped, unable to process bilirubin, a bile pigment that results when the heme portion of hemoglobin is digested. Using equipment obtained through MedBay, a smaller rural hospital would be able to care for newborn infants with jaundice without having to send them to a larger urban hospital. At the other end of life, MedBay Inc. offers categories of used hospital equipment that helps elderly patients maintain mobility, a key ingredient for a good quality of life. These include such familiar assistive devices as canes, crutches and walkers up to devices such as wheelchairs and motorized scooters. Along with these devices, the site has categories for blood sugar monitors, bath chairs, lift chairs and even a category for Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machines. This medical device is often used in rehabilitation after knee replacement surgery, slowly bending and straightening the joint to recover muscle strength. It's easy to see the economic savings to purchasing equipment such as this through MedBay Inc.'s online auction site. However there's an added plus to this type of commerce: Each time a piece of quality used hospital equipment is purchased, that's one less new piece of equipment that has to be manufactured. Recycling and reusing are two key concepts of a sustainable environment, which reduces manufacturing emissions and other waste, and cuts down on the resources needed to make new equipment. For its grand opening, MedBay Inc. is offering several specials for clients who use its site to buy or sell hospital equipment. Among them are free advertising, and unlimited item listings for new registered users through Oct. 1, 2009.