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| (L-R) SM SAVP for Mall Operation South Regions Engr. John Jason Terrenal, San Pablo City General Hospital Chief of Clinics Dr. Lucy Celino, and San Pablo COVID Task Force Assistant City Health Officer Dr.MercydinaCaponpon at the turnover ofmedical supplies from SM Foundation to San Pablo City General Hospital during the City’s Inoculation session at the mall. |
SM Foundation (SMFI), the corporate social responsibility arm of the SM Group of Companies, remains committed to reaching more COVID-19 frontliners by providing them with much-needed medical supplies.
In its recent social good effort mobilization on the ground, SMFI turned over boxes of face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to San Pablo City General Hospital (SPCGH), which was represented by SPCGH Chief of Clinics Dr. Lucy Celino. This marked the third batch of medical supplies donations to the said hospital.
SAVP for Mall Operations South Regions, Engr. John Jason Terrenal, said, “SM is here to serve, help, and support Filipino communities and the medical front liners. We are thankful and salute all those who are tirelessly working with us during this time of crisis.”
Dr. Celino expressed her gratitude to SM, “Words cannot describe how truly grateful they are to SM for keeping front liners protected during this unprecedented times.”
All out support for its host communities
To ensure the safety of the community while at the SM COVID-19 vaccination hub, SM practices round the clock sanitation in areas with heavy contact and deployed safety protocol officers to reinforce the mall’s safety measures as a way to reduce the transmission of the virus.
In San Pablo City, around 500 senior citizens and adults with controlled comorbidities were already inoculated as the SM City San Pablo repurposed its cinema hallway to a vaccination area, following the standards set by the Department of Health (DOH) and City Health Office.
"Prioritization has benefits because people differ in at least two key ways -- their risk of infection and the likelihood of serious consequences from infection. We are thankful to SM for making it easy for our elderlies to get here,” San Pablo COVID-19 Task force Assistant City Health Officer Dr. MercydinaCaponpon said.
It can be recalled that last year, SM, through SM Foundation, constructed seven (7) insulated emergency quarantine facilities (EQFs) in Pasay and Quezon Cityto house and treat patients affected by (COVID-19). In addition to the said EQFs, SM also established a COVID-19 mega swabbing facilityat the Mall of Asia Complex, in cooperationwith the DOH, Philippine Red Cross,the National Action Plan AgainstCOVID-19, Philippine National Police MedicalCorps, and other private sectorpartners.
To date, SM has donated over Php 300 million in essential medical supplies, equipment, rt-PCR testing, and assistance to other national efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
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City Health Officer monitors the temperature of individuals (A2 and A3) as they
patiently wait for their turn for their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the
SM City San Pablo’s cinema area.
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senior citizen from San Pablo City receives his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
at the SM City San Pablo’s cinema area.
For
more information, please contact:
Victor Persius F. Chan
Assistant
Vice President for Corporate Affairs
Corporate
Affairs & Sustainability
(632) 8857-0100 local 0117
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