Dexter Blackstock Starts The Campaign For Palliative Care For The Poor

The former striker Dexter Blackstock has taken a front lead at a campaign to help get personal protective equipment (PPE) to those in desperate need during the coronavirus pandemic, with the help of the public.

The 33-year-old player, who retired in 2017 is now CEO and founder of MediConnect, a pharmaceutical firm in the blockchain industry, now essentially performing as a middle man between manufacturers/wholesalers and those in need across the country.

“I put a tweet out a few weeks ago to say I can help and the demand was crazy,” Blackstock exclusively told Sporting Life.

“The problem was bigger than I first thought and it went on from there.”

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“What we are doing is providing councils, NHS and care homes with PPE supplies,” he explains.

“We have enlarged volumes already, then separately from that we have a charity which you can donate to at donatetonhs.com and with that, we can buy products directly at cost, then we can give them out not for profit. So, basically, your donation fee goes into the hospices, care homes and places of need.

“Masks, gloves or aprons, we can source any types of products because we are doing that in day-to-day business anyway.”