By JONAS TERRADO
Manufacturing companies known for providing teams in the pro and amateur leagues with uniforms have shifted their attention on helping health workers fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
LGR and Jersey Haven are some of the businesses that are using their resources to produce and donate as many personal protective equipment as possible for hospitals in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
The scarcity of the said equipment and the numerous requests of doctors and nurses have prompted LGR Executive Vice President Rhayan Cruz and Jersey Haven head Andrew Tan to take part in the endeavor.
It didn’t take long for LGR to find ideas on how to create PPEs.
The owners took inspiration from a Hazmat Suit Coverall he got from a friend who serves as a doctor at the Philippine General Hospital while Tan was able to find a suit after efforts to find a sample through Facebook groups.
“Gumawa kami ng prototype, then we made sure na magagamit ng mga frontliners at pinaapprove namin yung suit sa PGH HICU (Hospital Infection Control Unit) department which they approved and recommended na pwede for high-risk use,” said Tan.
LGR began several days to manufacture the PPEs, with the aim of completing 10,000 pieces over the next four weeks.
Cruz said the PPEs will be donated to PGH and the Taguig Pateros District Hospital, though they have received requests from numerous hospitals and even pilots from Philippine Airlines.
Tan’s company has already sent completed suits to PGH, Philippine Orthopedic Hospital, Ospital ng Maynila and Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital. He also said that the target is for them to likewise make 10,000 pieces of PPEs.
