KUCHING: Several hospitals in the state received intensive care unit (ICU) beds for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, courtesy of Petronas.
The donations were made recently via the national oil company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm Yayasan Petronas.
Two of the beds were delivered to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here while the rest were delivered to Miri Hospital (two) and one each to Sarikei Hospital, Sibu Hospital and Bintulu Hospital.
The donations were part of Yayasan Petronas’ RM20 million contribution of medical equipment and supplies announced on March 23 to help hospitals and healthcare frontliners mitigate the spread of the disease nationwide.
“Petronas is doing its best to help the hospitals in Sarawak overcome the challenges in mitigating Covid-19. This is in line with our CSR commitment to improve the wellbeing of our community,” said Petronas Sarawak general manager Zulaihi Mantali.
Apart from the medical equipment, Petronas has also extended assistance to enforcement authorities and contributed essential food items and Petronas gift cards to deserving households in helping them through the movement control order (MCO) period.
Earlier this month, Petronas and its subsidiaries Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd (MLNG) and Asean Bintulu Fertiliser Sdn Bhd (ABF) contributed food items to 4,200 B40 (low-income) households here, Samarahan, Serian and Bintulu.
In addition, MLNG and Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd-Sarawak Gas also contributed face masks, hand sanitisers, gloves, mineral water, and dry rations to more than 1,000 healthcare and enforcement agency frontliners in Bintulu.
More recently, Petronas through its subsidiaries, namely MLNG, Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd-Sarawak Oil, Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd-Sarawak Gas and ABF together contributed sanitising equipment and chemicals worth RM24,000 to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department to curb the spread of Covid-19 in major towns in the state.
Petronas also contributed 2,000 face masks to the Kuching Division Journalists Association (KDJA) on April 24 for media frontliners on duty during the MCO period.
