Okra Medical Donates Health Care Face Masks to Several Hospitals

Dr. David Habib of MUSC (left) receives a box of masks from Marshall Hartmann (right), CEO of Okra Medical

Okra Medical, a life sciences start-up company based on Johns Island, donated nearly 100,000 healthcare face masks to eight hospitals and one pediatric group serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of the masks are smaller in size to benefit children and young adults.

“Like many in America, the coronavirus brought our business to a standstill,” Marshall Hartmann, CEO of Okra Medical, said. “We redirected our laboratory efforts to securing medical supplies to both help fund our payroll and to give back to our community.”

The full list of hospitals benefiting from Okra Medical’s donations:

• Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
• Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Charleston
• Coastal Pediatric Associates, North Charleston
• Prisma Health, Greenville, SC
• Shriners Hospital for Children, Greenville, SC
• Conway Medical Center, Conway, SC
• WakeMed Children’s Hospital, Raleigh, NC
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital, Pittsburg, PA

About Okra Medical Inc.

Okra Medical, Inc., headquartered in Johns Island, South Carolina, specializes in product development, manufacturing and strategic sourcing of controlled pharmaceutical substance disposal solutions. Founded in 2018, the Company’s mission is to improve public health. Its best-in-class suite of SafeMedWaste products use single formulas that are fully compliant with DEA regulations requiring non-retrievable destruction of controlled substances. Okra Medical is a strategic sourcing partner to hospitals, hospice facilities, law enforcement agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and veterinary care clinics. Visit www.okramedical.com

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