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The country's medical frontliners continue to have an ally in ABS-CBN Foundation as they tirelessly lead the fight against COVID-19. Through "Pantawid Ng Pag-Ibig: Isang Daan, Isang Pamilya", 133 hospitals and 26 other institutions in different parts of the Philippines have already received hundreds of thousands of personal protective equipment (PPE) that healthcare workers need to combat the pandemic and treat the sick.
These include surgical masks, N95 masks, face shields, goggles, gloves, body suits, shoe covers, as well as alcohol and rapid test kits. Apart from these much-needed medical equipment, ABS-CBN Foundation and its donors and partners also bring food items, electrolyte drinks, medicines and even flowers for the frontliners to also give them love and care as they risk their own safety to save other people's lives. Recently, "Pantawid Ng Pag-Ibig" trooped to sixteen hospitals in Metro Manila with truckloads of face masks, vitamins and hygiene kits gathered from donation both cash and in-kind.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News that aired on TV Patrol, Dr. Maria Leonora Ulanday of Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) expressed her gratitude to those who are relentless in helping them fulfill their duty to the people. "We are really thankful that there are a lot of people who support us in our journey, those who understand us and who contribute to our needs, 'yun yung malaking tulong talaga sa amin. And especially 'yung family and friends who always encourage us to go on and to fight this battle," she said. Meanwhile, Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital's Dr. Diana Rose Cajipe explained why frontliners like her continue to need PPEs, especially in this time of the year. "Lahat naman po ng ospital kailangan talaga [ng PPE]... Sa amin, mas maraming kailangan kasi 'yung capacity and the number of patients that would come in, madami po talaga, and then ang ospital naghahanda na kasi etong BER months, whether pandemic or hindi kasi madami talaga ang darating," she explained in an interview with ABS-CBN News.
Since its inception in March at the height of the beginning of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, among the beneficiaries of the "Pantawid Ng Pag-Ibig" campaign are 96 government and 37 private hospitals. It also provided PPEs to four schools and 18 communities in the National Capital Region (NCR) and different provinces. ABS-CBN Foundations continues to knock on the hearts of individuals and organizations that can help sustain the support of "Pantawid Ng Pag-Ibig" for the country's medical frontliners. Donors may course their donations to ABS-CBN Foundation's partner WeCare by visiting www.wecare.ph. Donations are also welcome via ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. bank accounts: BPI Account Number 4221-0000-27 with Swift Code BOPIPHMM, and BPI Account Number 0039300-78214 with Swift Code BNORPHMM.
