GE Healthcare donates $2M to Rio Paralympic Games: 4 thoughts

GE Healthcare is donating medical equipment to the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in September, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.

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The healthcare organization also donated equipment to the summer olympic games.

Here’s what you should know.

1. GE Healthcare has a sponsorship agreement with the International Olympic Committee to supply diagnostic equipment to the olympics. That equipment involves magnetic resonance, ultrasound and digital X-ray equipment.

2. GE also provides the olympics with IT software including radiology information systems.

3. As part of the sponsorship, GE also provided Rio de Janeiro with $2 million worth of new equipment for one of its main emergency hospitals.

4. GE also made donations to the Sochi, Vancouver and London Olympic games.

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