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HCM City: enterprises donate medical supplies, equipment serving COVID-19 treatment

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 handed over medical supplies and equipment donated by enterprises to local hospitals and medical centres to support the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control.
HCM City: enterprises donate medical supplies, equipment serving COVID-19 treatment ảnh 1The Phu Long Real Estate JSC presents five high-performance ventilators MV2000 EVO5 worth 2.5 billion VND (108,755 USD) to An Binh COVID-19 treatment hospital (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 handedover medical supplies and equipment donated by enterprises to local hospitalsand medical centres to support the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control.

The Phu Long Real Estate JSC presented five high-performance ventilatorsMV2000 EVO5 worth 2.5 billion VND (108,755 USD) to An Binh COVID-19 treatment hospital,and donated 1.7 billion VND (74,000 USD) to the city’s Oriental MedicineAssociation.

Since the fourth wave of COVID-19 hitting the country in late April, the Phu LongJSC and member companies of the SOVICO Group have donated hundreds of billions of Vietnamese dong to the national vaccine fund, and COVID-19 prevention and control activities inHanoi, HCM City, Hai Duong, Bac Giang, Lang Son, and Can Tho.

Chairman of the Saigon Football Development JSC Ho Quoc Minh presenteda Ford Ranger car and 600 1000-Ul tips with sterile filter worth 835 million VND in total to the 115 Emergency Centre and the municipal Centre for Disease Control, respectively,on the same day afternoon.

Vietnamese expatriates in Thailand and the US also gave 100,000TS95 masks to the municipal People's Council to support the city's frontline forces in the fight against COVID-19.

From July 1 to August 2, more than 103 organisations, businessesand individuals registered to donate medical supplies and modern equipmentworth more than 1.4 trillion VND in response to the call by the VFF Committeeof HCM City.

In the coming time, the Standing Committee of the VFF Committeeof HCM City willcontinue to coordinate with the municipal Department of Health and its member organisationsto call for donations from businesses and individuals for the city’s COVID-19prevention and control activities./.
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