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Biosafety suits for the protection of frontline health personnel against COVID

21/07/2020

Given the lack of protection supplies for health personnel assigned to treat positive patients with the COVID-19 virus, We Believe Gt managed a project in which it made an open call to private donors. Companies and individuals responded to this request, providing contacts and cash funds for the purchase of a hundred bio-safety suits for personal protection. The Hermano Pedro Hospital, located in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, was selected as the beneficiary of said project, because at that time it was the next reference center in the line of succession of public hospitals and they were not equipped with said resources. This donation was received with the approval of the authorities of said hospital and in appreciation of the concern for the qualified human resource, which has become the most important element to counteract the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The proceeds

Originally, the donation was planned to consist of polypropylene bio-safety suits and acrylic face protection masks. Thanks to the communication with the hospital authorities, we were made aware of a recent donation of these masks, so we decided to make a change and supply them with KN-95 category masks, indicated for the filtration of the COVID-19 virus.

Cash donations reached an amount of Q5,500.00 which was used to purchase 90 polypropylene bio-safety suits. The Nim Pot textile company made a donation of 60 KN95 masks. Both types of implement were delivered on July 21, 2020.

All the suits donated in this project were stamped with the We Believe Gt logo so that there would be no confusion with the supplies provided by actors outside the organization, from the public or private sector. 

The delivery of this equipment was made on July 21, 2020, at the facilities of the Hermano Pedro Hospital, in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez. They were received by Dr. Erick Velásquez, chief of surgery and in charge of donations at the healthcare center.

Donors for this project

    On behalf of the entire We Believe Gt team, we want to thank all the people and institutions that supported us in this project. Below are some of the donors for this project:
  • Asociación de amigos de Efraín Recinos
  • Nim Pot: Centro de Textiles
  • Hotel Casa Mimi Antigua Guatemala
  • MediPet Guatemala
  • Centro Clínico Reforma
  • Individual donors
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