Former Miss
Universe Pia Wurtzbach, former Presidential sister and Queen of All Media are
just the few big stars he used to design for and now that the government has
declared the entire island of Luzon under enhanced community quarantine he is
still using his talents for a much deserving of group of people.
Fashion designer
to the country’s top celebrities Michael Leyva has has channeled talent and
creativity turning his fashion studio into a shop that would manufacture much
needed medical personal protective gear.
The World Health
Organization (WHO) has already made a pronouncement that there is a disruption
in the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) due to “rising
demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse,” putting the lives of our medical
frontliners -doctors, nurses and other frontliners from the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) , Philippine National Police (PNP), and the different members
of the local government units(LGUs).
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| Fashion designer Michael Leyva with his staff are making PPE's for the country's frontliners (photo credit to owner) |
Leyva and team
have responded to the call to help the country’s frontliners by creating PPEs –
at least 500 hazmat suits, head covers and 5,000 washable face masks have been
finished so far. He is targeting to finish at least 3,000 hazmat suits in the
next few days.
He
said the PPE sets were designed according to DOH requirements.
“I
checked some of the guidelines from the DOH – kung ano ’yung kailangan,
from the zipper to where the opening and the hood should be (placed) as well as
the comfort of the user – we had to consider all of that,” Leyva told The
Philippine STAR.
PPE’s
follows DOH requirements
Leyva
sought the information from various organizations regarding the “proper way of creating the PPE so that, at least, whatever
we make and provide are of good quality.”
The hazmat suit, for one,
is made of non-woven, washable, waterproof fabric, which is the same material
used for eco-bags.
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| (photo credit to owner) |
Since March
24, Leyva has been distributing the PPE sets to at least eight hospitals,
including facilities near his residence and studio in Antipolo City in Rizal.
Among the
those institutions that were given by Leyva are the following COVID-19 referral
centers such as the University of the Philippines-General Hospital (UP-PGH)
and the Lung Center of the Philippines, which have earlier sounded the alarm on
its shortage of PPE supplies.
“We have been
receiving more requests from other hospitals.
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| Michael Leyva's staff busy creating PPE's for the country's frontliners |
Leyva in the
goodness of his heart is not putting any price tag for his PPE sets, “A lot of
people are asking for the price like, for example, (actress) Angel Locsin
because she wants to donate also to LGUs (local government units). Kaso
’di talaga siya for sale, it’s meant to be donated to the frontliners.”
He hopes more
members of the fashion industry can also help in equipting our health workers
in this war against the coronavirus.
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