By: Marlyn U. Ramones
Bicutan, Taguig City – The DOST-MIRDC continues to produce more face shields in response to the call of the ‘Bayanihan to Heal as One Act’ in beating the Covid-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
At the onset of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), the Center engaged in the production of face shields for donation to medical and service frontliners. The initial target was to produce 60,000 pieces.
As the community quarantine period was repeatedly extended, practically everybody needed personal protective equipment (PPE). The Center then launched the face shield project on May 15, 2020, intending to continue the mass production of face shields so that these PPE items will be made available not just to frontliners, but to more beneficiaries in the regions as well.
The Center has donated a total of 251,586 face shields as of July 8, 2020, barely two months after the project was launched. These face shields reached a total of 242 institutions all over the country: 82 hospitals and health centers; 145 service frontliners, including the local government units; and 15 Regional Offices of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST RO).
Of the total 251,586 face shields donated so far, 170,000 reached frontliners in different regions through the DOST ROs. Below is a summary of donations made possible through our coordination with the DOST ROs:
|
DOST Regional Offices |
Quantity Released (pcs.) |
|
DOST-CAR |
10,000 |
|
DOST-NCR |
25,000 |
|
DOST-1 |
10,000 |
|
DOST-II |
10,000 |
|
DOST-III |
10,000 |
|
DOST-IVA |
15,000 |
|
DOST-IVB |
10,000 |
|
DOST-V |
10,000 |
|
DOST-VI |
10,000 |
|
DOST-VII |
15,000 |
|
DOST-VIII |
10,000 |
|
DOST-X |
10,000 |
|
DOST XI |
15,000 |
|
DOST- XII |
10,000 |
|
Total > |
170,000 |
The Center is glad to offer relevant and timely assistance to frontliners in the regions. ‘We thank the DOST regional offices for supporting and helping us realize our project objectives,’ says Engr. Robert O. Dizon, Executive Director of the DOST-MIRDC. ‘To our fellow public servants in the DOST ROs, you are the true frontliners of the DOST and its attached agencies,’ adds Director Dizon.
The remaining regional offices are scheduled to receive the face shields in the coming weeks.
The project will conclude on August 14, 2020. Meanwhile, the DOST-MIRDC aims to continue providing face shields to frontliners and many other people in the regions as it remains committed to battling Covid-19.
