Today, the DOST-MIRDC goes to Batangas to deliver donations of face shields to the medical frontliners.
The men and women behind the face shields are the heroes who are fighting for every Filipino.
And we are humbled to be at their service.
We invite our partners and stakeholders to take part in this cause. Donations of materials for the face shields are most welcome. Please contact us through these numbers:
0908 8158167
0927 9885367
0908 1790502
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Bauan General Hospital
Bauan, Batangas
Christ the Saviour General Hospital
Rosario, Batangas
Don Manuel Lopez Memorial Hospital
Balayan, Batangas
Martin Marasigan Memorial Hospital
Cuenca, Batangas
Medical Center Western Batangas
Balayan, Batangas
Ospital ng Calaca
Calaca, Batangas
San Juan District Hospital
San Juan, Batangas
It is our honor to be of service to our valued frontliners. We join the entire nation in saying ‘Thank you’ and ‘Stay safe.’
With you braving the battlefield, we can beat Covid-19. Please take extra care.
We have more face shields to donate. Please get in touch with us for inquiries and orders through these numbers:
0908 8158167
0927 9885367
0908 1790502
San Juan Medical Center
San Lazaro Hospital
Ospital ng Cabuyao
Face shields packed for and picked up by the Phil. Army General Hospital
Face shields packed for and picked up by the Philippine Navy
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Day 2: The DOST-MIRDC Continues to Deliver Face Shields to Taguig LGU and Nearby Hospitals
DOST-MIRDC Delivers 2000 Pieces of Face Shields to the UP PGH
April 6, 2020 – Day 1 and counting.
Today is the first day of distribution of the face shields mass produced by the DOST-MIRDC.
UP-PGH receives two boxes of face shields. Each box contains 1000 pieces of face shields.
We are glad to be of assistance to our medical teams and brave frontliners of the UP-Philippine General Hospital. We are one with you in this fight against Covid-19.
Our priorities are the frontliners from government hospitals. For inquiries/orders of face shields, please contact us through the following numbers:
0908 8158167
0927 9885367
0908 1790502
Face shields, mass-produced by the DOST-MIRDC through plastic injection, are packed and all set to be delivered.
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TAGUIG PATEROS HOSPITAL
OSPITAL NG PARAÑAQUE
OSPITAL NG MUNTINLUPA
Mr. Jaime Papa, Public Order and Safety Officer, Taguig LGU, receives a box of face shields donated by the DOST-MIRDC.
Mass producing and distributing the face shields is the DOST-MIRDC’s way of thanking our brave and selfless frontliners for all the sacrifices they have done and continue to do.
We will win this fight together.
Join us. Be a part of this cause. For technology partners, donors, and inquiries/orders, you may reach us through these numbers:
0908 8158167
0927 9885367
0908 1790502
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April 3, 2020 - Answering the country’s need for more supplies of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for the frontline workers, the Department of Science and Technology – Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) now mass produces medical face shields.
Our 3D-printed face shields, already distributed to our modern-day heroes, are presently helping our frontliners fight Covid-19. Now, we transitioned to plastic injection technology that allows us to increase production volume – up to 2,500 pieces of face shield frames per day!
The plastic injection mold was fabricated at the Die and Mold Solution Center, a facility within the DOST-MIRDC compound in Bicutan, Taguig City. Mass production of the face shield frames is also being done in the said facility.
The plastic injection mold for the face shield frame fabricated at the Die and Mold Solution Center (DMSC) inside the DOST-MIRDC Compound in Bicutan, Taguig City.
The plastic injection machine is housed inside the Die and Mold Solution Center (DMSC) in the DOST-MIRDC Compund in Bicutan, Taguig (left); Team MIRDC engineers and technicians carry out mass production of the face shield frames (right).
Partner organizations have donated raw materials. The TTMO and the Tzu Chi Foundation Philippines donated 6,000 pieces and 23 rolls of acetates, respectively. Our other donors are Manly Plastics, Inc., Prima Plastics, and UP Visayas (in cooperation with Frabelle Fishing Corporation, Inc. and Philippine Fishing Gear Industries, Inc.), who donated 300kg, 1200kg, and 1000kg of polypropylene (PP), respectively.
We have other technology partners joining us in this cause: Omnifab, who fabricated another injection mold; and the Megasamsotite Plant in San Pedro, Laguna, which is another site for mass production of the face shield frames. They can also produce up to 2,500 face shield frames daily.
We have lost quite a good number of our doctors and health care professionals already. One of the challenges we face is the lack of PPEs such as the medical face shield. With confidence, we can now overcome this challenge. ‘With the mass production of the medical face shields being done simultaneously in Laguna and in Taguig, we can assure the enhanced protection of our frontliners,’ says Engr. Fred P. Liza, Chief of the Materials and Process Research Division, and Project Leader of the DOST-MIRDC’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMCen).
We are calling on organizations, both from the public and the private sectors, for donations of raw materials. With 1 ton of polypropylene, we can produce 25,000 face shield frames. Our collective efforts will help save the lives of our brave and selfless frontliners.
The DOST-MIRDC will package and distribute the face shields to various hospitals beginning Monday, April 6, 2020. For inquiries about the medical face shields, message us on facebook (DOST-MIRDC), or e-mail us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
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