SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – The SM Foundation, Inc. has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to health workers of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) here.
The donation was received on Tuesday by the hospital where most of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in the province are being treated.
In an interview on Wednesday, SM public relations manager, KJ Santiago, said they have turned over 1,600 KN95 masks, 540 pieces of personal protective clothing, 120 pieces of PPE sets for nurses at the intensive care unit, 1,650 face shields, 1,920 raincoats, 1,000 pairs of rubber gloves, 800 pairs of shoe covers, and 4 gallons of alcohol.
SM has allocated PHP170 million in medical supply donations to more than 50 hospitals nationwide that helped equip health workers in the battle against the pandemic.
It has also contributed PHP100 million to a multisector Covid-19 poverty relief initiative called Project Ugnayan.
Project Ugnayan aims to bring much-needed support to more than 1.5 million families, or 7.6 million persons, affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office has extended a PHP1-million calamity assistance fund to Pangasinan.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the provincial government said the assistance would be used for the procurement of testing kits, reagents, medical and diagnostic equipment, PPE sets, and medicines for Covid-19 cases.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has also donated 1,000 pieces of face masks and 40 cases of ready-to-drink calamansi juice to the Provincial Health Office for distribution to the front-liners. (PNA)
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