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| Calamba Doctors hospital receives ICU- grade ventilators from SM Foundation. |
SM Foundation (SMFI)
donates 25 ICU-grade ventilators to hospitals with high COVID-19
cases across the country, as part of its continuing COVID-19
response.
The additional donation
of ventilators hopes to help augment each hospital’s capacity to
manage severe COVID-19 cases, particularly for patients who require
intubation.
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| Tarlac Provincial Hospital receives ICU- grade ventilators from SM Foundation. |
Hospital recipients
include Tarlac Provincial Hospital, Calamba Doctors Hospital, General
Emilio Aguinaldo Hospital, Bicol Regional Training and Teaching
Hospital, West Visayas Medical Center, Cebu South Medical Center,
Zamboanga City Medical Center, Northern Mindanao Medical Center, and
other government hospitals.
To date, SM has donated
almost Php 400 million in essential medical supplies, equipment,
rt-PCR testing, and assistance to help national efforts in the fight
against COVID-19.
The
ventilator donation is one of the many initiatives of SM Foundation
in response to the crisis. Other initiatives include the distribution
of 24,000 Kalinga Packs to jeepney, tricycle and UV Express drivers
across the country.
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| SM Foundation distributes 24,000 kalinga packs to jeepney, tricycle and UV Express drivers across the country. |
SM
Foundation will intensify its Covid 19 response in Bulacan as SM
Malls in Marilao, Baliwag, Pulilan and San Jose Del Monte are set to
distribute over 10,000 Kalinga Packs to drivers whose work have been
affected by the pandemic.
This effort forms part
of Operation Tulong Express (OPTE), a social good program of SM
Foundation in collaboration with SM Supermalls and SM Markets, to
address the needs of communities during calamities and crisis.
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