URGENT - medical item transport Middlesbrough-Nottingham
Discussion
Is anyone planning a run from Middlesbrough/Stockton down to Nottingham this afternoon?
A mate with a severely disabled 5 year old is currently stuck on Mallorca after a medical mishap compounded by insurance company uselessness.
The little girl is tube fed on a specialist formula milk (a peptide feed for those in the know), specialised enough that they can't find more on the island, and the supply they had brought with is running out due to the extended stay.
The tube feeding community has sourced enough to get them through - should be coming home on Saturday now - but we need to get a box of this feed from the person with spare in Stockton down to Parcelforce's main depot in Nottingham by 7 tonight to have it reach them before they run out.
So. Is anyone heading down, or is anyone willing to do the run in exchange for petrol money, massive gratitude and serious kudos?
A mate with a severely disabled 5 year old is currently stuck on Mallorca after a medical mishap compounded by insurance company uselessness.
The little girl is tube fed on a specialist formula milk (a peptide feed for those in the know), specialised enough that they can't find more on the island, and the supply they had brought with is running out due to the extended stay.
The tube feeding community has sourced enough to get them through - should be coming home on Saturday now - but we need to get a box of this feed from the person with spare in Stockton down to Parcelforce's main depot in Nottingham by 7 tonight to have it reach them before they run out.
So. Is anyone heading down, or is anyone willing to do the run in exchange for petrol money, massive gratitude and serious kudos?
eltax91 said:
What's the specific feed? I live in Leicester and our little one has been on 5 different formula's lately trying to prove/ disprove milk intolerance. got loads of different ones here spare that i could easily pop to notts by 7....
Peptide 1.5 kcal/ml - either paediasure peptide 1.5 or nutrini peptisorb energy 1.5. Alas it's one of the really fiddly specialised ones - hard to come by anywhere without a decent runup for ordering time etc. They took almost a week's worth extra with just in case, but there are no flights out til Saturday - rotten luck. FlyingMeeces said:
eltax91 said:
What's the specific feed? I live in Leicester and our little one has been on 5 different formula's lately trying to prove/ disprove milk intolerance. got loads of different ones here spare that i could easily pop to notts by 7....
Peptide 1.5 kcal/ml - either paediasure peptide 1.5 or nutrini peptisorb energy 1.5. Alas it's one of the really fiddly specialised ones - hard to come by anywhere without a decent runup for ordering time etc. They took almost a week's worth extra with just in case, but there are no flights out til Saturday - rotten luck. And an offer:- I'm in leicester. If you get it part of the way (Sheffield ish) from someone. I'll meet them at the services somewhere and get it to Notts. I'm figuring at 4:20, that's about as far as I can go and still make it back for 7
Have the airline or insurance company offered to help get it there? You'd think they could arrange to have it accepted free as freight with someone if not themselves. edit: I appreciate you seem to have something sorted but in theory somebody could drop it off at an airport and it could be there almost immediately (paperwork aside...).
A quick check shows that Paediasure peptide 1.5 is supplied by Abbotts Nutrition. I've spoken to them and whilst they are unable to ship stuff direct to people, they did give me the number for their Spanish affiliate Abbotts in Madrid: +34 901 10 09 05.
If the run doesn't make it in time (and unless it is now en route, I don't think it will...), then perhaps they could call the Madrid office to see whether there are any suppliers/stockists in Mallorca and/or arrange for some to be shipped?
I'm assuming that they have checked with the local hospitals?
If the run doesn't make it in time (and unless it is now en route, I don't think it will...), then perhaps they could call the Madrid office to see whether there are any suppliers/stockists in Mallorca and/or arrange for some to be shipped?
I'm assuming that they have checked with the local hospitals?
Might be easier to find someone flying to Mallorca on holiday rather than shipping via Parcelforce, although questions about transporting goods for someone else and verification of the contents may be tricky.
ETA:
EasyJet Newcastle to PMI: 06:00 arrives 09:50
Jet2 PMI to Newcastle: 14:05 arrives 16:10
£303 though
ETA:
EasyJet Newcastle to PMI: 06:00 arrives 09:50
Jet2 PMI to Newcastle: 14:05 arrives 16:10
£303 though
Edited by V8LM on Tuesday 18th April 17:54
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff