To continuously provide support to healthcare frontliners to combat COVID-19, the Ty family-led companies Metrobank and GT Capital Holdings Inc., through the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) and GT Foundation, Inc. (GTFI), donated P15.25 million worth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to benefit thirteen (13) hospitals in Metro Manila, Cavite and Cagayan de Oro.
The PPE sets consisting of hazardous material suits, face shields, N95 masks, gloves, and shoe covers will be distributed to select hospitals treating a high number of confirmed COVID-19 cases These are: Dr Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital (Caloocan City); Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center (City of Manila); Ospital ng Makati (Makati City); National Center for Mental Health, (Mandaluyong City); Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (Muntinlupa City); San Juan de Dios Hospital (Pasay City); East Avenue Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center, Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital, Victoriano Luna General Hospital and Veterans Memorial Medical Center (all in Quezon City); General Emilio Aguinaldo Hospital (Trece Martires, Cavite); and Northern Mindanao Medical Center (Cagayan de Oro City). A total of 12,000 sets of PPEs will be distributed to the hospitals.
An initial P5.07 million worth of PPEs were turned over to the Manila Doctors Hospital, the healthcare arm of MBFI, and another P5.07 million to the Philippine General Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, and six (6) District Hospitals in the City of Manila. Likewise, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (APF) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) received additional masks and gloves amounting to P1.84 million for the use of their frontliners.
The donation is part of the P200 million pledge by Metrobank and GT Capital Holdings Group in support of the efforts to combat COVID-19. Other social good initiatives of the Group include: food packages for underprivileged families, provision of testing kits and medical supplies, and the set-up of a molecular laboratory for testing.
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