Local fashion brands donate PPEs to hospitals to support COVID-19 frontliners

Local fashion brands are donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help and support frontliners who are battling against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Philippines.

Kamiseta and Penshoppe are doing their part during this difficult time to help flatten the curve.

According to a blog post on Kamiseta's website, the fashion company has provided 1,000 sets of PPEs to the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital to refill supplies for their health workers.

"Even from afar, we stand together with our dear doctors and nurses," Kamiseta CEO Cris Roque said.

Roque has a sister who is also a doctor which is why she deeply empathized with the frontliners as they experience scarcity amid their battle against COVID-19.

In the blog, Roque said she believes the doctors and other health workers should be the first to receive protection as more and more patients flock to hospitals.

 

 

 

 

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How can we express our gratitude? Where can we even begin? Will our words, deeds, thoughts, and prayers ever suffice as thanks for the gift that is your life? You could have done otherwise, but you did not. For this, we are grateful beyond measure. Through all of this, know that you are never alone. We are here for you. We are listening to you. The future is uncertain, but we will certainly face it together. We will never fully know what it is like to be in your shoes, or the pain of personally bearing witness to so many misfortunes in a single day, but we are always here praying for you and cheering you on. We will support you all the way. We pray to the Lord Almighty that He will keep you and your loved ones safe in His loving arms. We pray for that you will remain strong and healthy as we go through this ordeal, and emerge even stronger and healthier from this. You can count on us, our prayers, our love, and our support to see you through. God will not let us down. Until then, let us take to heart the wise words of Alexander Dumas in The Count of Monte Cristo: “Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, ‘Wait and Hope’.” And until then, we wait and hope with you. You are in our hearts, thoughts, and prayers. Be strong and stay safe. Love, Cris Aldeguer-Roque President/CEO Kamiseta Song: Lord I Offer My Life To You Singers: Heavenly Voices

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Apr 10, 2020 at 12:24am PDT

Meanwhile, Penshoppe is currently working to urgently produce fashionable PPEs with the help of the factories of their vendor partners to be distributed to the frontliners.

"In this light, we are working with the factories of our vendor partners to produce urgently needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for distribution amongst our brave healthcare workers," their post read on Facebook.

On Penshoppe's Instagram account, the brand updated its followers on the PPEs by sharing a video of the process and photos of the PPE prototype they have produced.

"An update on our promise: Production of medical suits already ongoing - for delivery soon," Penshoppe wrote on Instagram.

 

 

 

 

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An update on our promise: Production of medical suits already ongoing - for delivery soon. ??

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Apr 4, 2020 at 3:15am PDT

Aside from PPEs, Penshoppe and their sister brands have also sent out surgical masks to hospitals including UERM Memorial Hospital, Rogaciano M. Mercado Memorial Hospital, Balibago Polyclinic and Hospital and Lingap General Hospital.

 

 

 

 

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The first batch of surgical masks from us and our sister brands have reached our brave frontliners. Next up, medical suits!

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Apr 8, 2020 at 3:00am PDT

 

 

 

 

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The first batch of surgical masks from us and our sister brands have reached our brave frontliners. Next up, medical suits!

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Apr 8, 2020 at 3:00am PDT

Shortage of PPEs has been among the first concerns of the Philippines in its fight against COVID-19. Many hospitals have cried for help early on, as they put their staff on quarantine after being exposed to the virus.

As of April 11, COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 4,428 with 247 deaths and 157 recoveries. — LA, GMA News