PETRONAS, through its corporate social responsibility arm, Yayasan Petronas, has contributed 14 intensive care unit (ICU) beds to hospitals in Sabah and Labuan to assist them in the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
In a statement today, Petronas said the shipment of the beds arrived in Kota Kinabalu and Labuan last week and was delivered to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital; Sabah Women and Children Hospital; Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan; Tawau Hospital; Lahad Datu Hospital; Keningau Hospital; and Labuan Hospital.
The donation is part of Yayasan Petronas’ RM20 mil contribution in medical equipment and supplies that was announced on March 23, to help hospitals and healthcare frontliners mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in Malaysia.
This is being carried out in stages in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA), it said.
Meanwhile, head of Petronas Sabah and Labuan, Rokiah Sulaiman, hoped these contributions would help the health frontliners mitigate the spread of the virus and complement the efforts by the Sabah government as well as the authorities in Labuan in handling the pandemic.
Apart from the medical equipment, Petronas has also, among others, donated food items to 1,200 B40 households in Kota Kinabalu, Beaufort, Kiulu, Sipitang and Labuan to help them through the Movement Control Order period, according to the statement. — April 29, 2020, Bernama
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