Robredo's office distributes protective gear to Health workers, to provide shuttle service for frontliners

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) with its partner donors distributed much needed personal protective equipment (PPE) sets to nearly 500 health workers in eight Metro Manila hospitals.

“Frontliners” such as Doctors, nurses and medical staff have been working tirelessly to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 disease or COVID-19, since the country first detected a case last January.

The lack of PPE’s that protects health workers is putting their lives at risk.

(photo credit to OVP)

As of Tuesday, the OVP was able to raise P17.3 million in the past four days. The amount will be used to purchase 36,503 PPE daily sets for 2,433 frontliners for 15 days.

The OVP said it has already delivered the first batch of 7,350 PPE sets for 490 health workers in the following hospitals in city of Manila and Quezon City:

• San Lazaro Hospital (for 50 frontliners)
• Philippine General Hospital (for 100 frontliners)
• UP-National Institute of Health (for 50 frontliners)
• Lung Center of the Philippines (for 100 frontliners)
• Philippine Heart Center (for 50 frontliners)
• Quirino Memorial Center (for 50 frontliners)
• Philippine Orthopedic Center (for 30 frontliners)
• Veterans Memorial Medical Center (for 30 frontliners)
• East Avenue Medical Center (for 30 frontliners)

“Sa kabila ng mga limitasyon, patuloy tayong magdadala ng tulong sa mga ospital, kabilang na ang supply ng gowns at masks,” the post of Robredo’s Facebook page read.

(Despite the limitations, we will continue to distribute supplies of gowns and masks to hospitals.)

Below is the full Facebook post of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo:

[A] Ang bunga ng ating pagtutulungan, nakakaabot na sa ating mga frontliners!

Mula sa ating Tanggapan at sa donation drive ng ating #AngatBuhay partner na Kaya Natin!, nakalikom na tayo, sa loob ng apat na araw, ng 17.3 million (as of 9 AM, March 17). Sa halagang ito, makakapagbigay tayo ng 36,503 na PPE Daily Sets para sa 2,433 frontliners for 15 days at iba pang tulong para sa ating mga health workers at frontliners na nangunguna sa laban natin kontra #COVID19.

Kahapon, nagsimula na ang pag-deliver ng unang batch ng 7,350 PPE sets para sa 490 frontliners. Mapupunan nito ang pangangailangan sa loob ng 15 araw sa walong ospital sa Maynila at Quezon City, na kabilang sa mga lugar na nakapagtala ng kaso ng COVID-19 at PUIs o persons under investigation:

• San Lazaro Hospital, Manila (for 50 frontliners)
• Philippine General Hospital, Manila (for 100 frontliners)
• UP–National Institutes of Health, Manila (for 50 frontliners)
• Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City (for 100 frontliners)
• Philippine Heart Center, Quezon City (for 50 frontliners)
• Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City (for 50 frontliners)
• Philippine Orthopedic Center, Quezon City (for 30 frontliners)
• Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City (for 30 frontliners)
• East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City (for 30 frontliners)

Makakapag-provide pa tayo ng 29,153 PPE Sets, good for 15 days, na sisikapin nating ihatid sa mga susunod na araw. Sa kabila ng mga limitasyon, patuloy tayong magdadala ng tulong sa mga ospital, kabilang na ang supply ng gowns at masks. Nagpapasalamat tayo sa Transportify at Ninjavan na katuwang natin sa paghatid ng mga PPE sets sa ating mga health workers.

Humihingi rin po kami ng paumanhin na hindi pa tayo makapag-deliver nang maramihan dahil sa limitasyon sa supply. Kung may mungkahi po kayong mapagkukuhanan ng karagdagang PPE sets para sa ating frontliners, ipagbigay-alam sa +63 998 596 8820 o sa angatbuhay@gmail.com.

Patuloy po namin kayong i-a-update sa ating paghahatid ng tulong sa ating mga health workers. Para sa mga nais pang mag-donate, magpunta sa: bit.ly/forCOVID19frontliners

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