A recent list of IT Equipment needs

Needed Equipment:

Hi Bart!

I wanted to respond to your kind request asking us if we needed any other types of IT equipment here in the hospital.  I try and keep lomadeluzgeek.blogspot.com updated with current needs - but as I'm sure you noticed I'm not always able to maintain that site. In fact, I'll stick a copy of this note there so that anyone else that is checking the blog will see it as well.  Lastly, I'll copy a few friends who have also asked me for such a list.  Let me just start out by saying thank you for your interest in the technical needs of Hospital Loma de Luz.  We are so encouraged by your interest and your support.  I assure you that these are real needs that would assist us greatly with our mission to deliver health care to this very poor section Honduras. 

Bullet 2 (5) and Bullet 2hp (5) Wireless Amplifier/routers  http://www.ubnt.com/bullet

2000 feet of fiber optic cable as well as three routers that can be used to terminate the fiber into Ethernet networks.  We also need need the equipment and knowledge on how to terminate the fiber optic into the routers.  We need a type of Fiber that it fairly durable and could be used outdoors (although we would put it in an inexpensive conduit to protect it) and we need to make two 1000' runs in a daisy chain type of a configuration. 

Switches.  6-10 16 or 24 port switches and 12 or so smaller 4 port switches.  

Wireless routers / wireless access points / omni directional antennas / 2.4 ghz 802.11b/g stuff

Wireless pager (Doctor would carry the pager on his belt) paging system with 24 pagers.

Ethernet network cable and RJ45 connectors

Servers - 2-4 Windows based servers.  Good used condition is fine.  

10 laptops per year.  Again, Windows based - good used condition is fine.  

Ethernet based ip security cameras and a DVR based recording system.  

Type N, Type TNC coax cable connectors.  

Warning lights for towers (red flashing warning lights for outdoor towers that are 100' tall)

Cell phone repeaters for 850 mhz cellular systems that work with external antennas 

What else?  I'm sure there is more and I'll update you as the list grows.  I'll also try and keep thelomadeluzgeek.blogspot.com website updated with current needs.  

Please email me at davef@lomadeluz.net if you need more info about the types of equipment that I've listed here or if you think that you might be able to help us out. 

Thank you!

Dave Fields

Hospital Loma de Luz

Balfate: Colon

Honduras