OCD distributes PPE sets to COVID-19 referral hospitals

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has started the distribution of the personal protective equipment (PPEs) procured by the Department of Health for frontliners in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

In a press release dated April 2, OCD administrator Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said the first batch of approximately 900,000 PPE sets for health workers arrived at the Villamor Airbase last Tuesday. These were bought from China.

The OCD, together with the Philippine Coast Guard, distributed around 12,000 PPE sets to various COVID-19 referral hospitals in Metro Manila on Thursday.

A total of 2,780 PPE sets were delivered to San Lazaro Hospital; 2,000 were brought to the Philippine General Hospital; 770 to East Avenue Medical Center; 2,800 to the Lung Center of the Philippines; 2,590 to Dr. Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium; and 1,100 to Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center.

According to the OCD, each PPE set contains goggles, coverall, head cover, gloves, shoe cover, surgical mask, and surgical gown.

The OCD was tasked to prepare an inventory of all the donations to the national government and the Department of Health and coordinate with relevant agencies such as the Labor and Social Welfare departments in the determination of which health facilities, beneficiary groups or establishments, are in need of medical goods.—AOL, GMA News