Through SM Foundation, SM is donating over Php 170 million towards the fight against COVID-19 and to help ensure that healthcare workers in hospitals nationwide are armored with personal protective equipment (PPEs) such as full protective suits (including for ICU use), face shields, gloves, N95 masks, surgical masks, goggles, and raincoats.
Among the hospitals that received PPE donations include University of the Philippines PGH, Lung Center of the Philippines, Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), National Kidney and Transplant Institute, San Lazaro Hospital, East Avenue Medical Center, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center, National Children’s Hospital and Rizal Medical Center
Other hospitals such as Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Chinese General Hospital, University of the East, Ramon Magsaysay (UERM) Memorial Medical Center, Manila Doctors Hospital, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Makati Medical Center, The Medical City, Ospital ng Muntinlupa also received PPE donations.
Several shipments of PPEs are also on their way to provincial hospitals nationwide, including Rizal, Pampanga, Bataan, Quezon, Pangasinan, Catanduanes, Cebu, Iloilo, Samar, Tacloban, Surigao del Sur, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Marawi, Zamboanga, and more.
SM has committed to be of service to the Filipino people in ensuring that we will overcome the COVID-19 crisis together.
