Joining forces in the fight against COVID-19, the Carlos Slim Foundation, the TELMEX Telcel Foundation, and the Inbursa Foundation, donated One Billion Pesos in different health initiatives to assist people, specially to strengthen actions conducted by medical staff in over Mexican 30 hospitals.
Mexico City, June 8, 2020.
As of May 31, resources have been used as follows:
Medical Equipment, donation of MX$92’910,276:
- 2,896 medical and diagnostic equipment
- 51 ventilators
- 1 ultrasound equipment
- 5 COVID-19 tests analysis equipment
- 2,842 oximeters
- 1,885 pharmaceuticals
103,777 testing supplies
Protective equipment for healthcare workers, donation of MX$99’528,031:
Over 838,200 supplies:
- 2256,200 N-95 masks
- 80,000 disposable hair covers
- 2,000 booties
- 190,000 face masks
- 2,000 protective glasses
- 306,000 latex gloves
- Face shields
Extension of hospital capacity, donation of MX$192,105,478:
Equipment and protective items for over 571 beds dedicated to the attention of COVID-19 patients:
- Ángel Leaño Hospital, in Jalisco.
- Tierra y Libertad Hospital, in Nuevo León.
- Zihuatanejo General Hospital, “Dr. Bernardo Sepúlveda Gutierrez”.
- Four check point tents for medical personnel in the National Institute for Medical Sciences and Nutrition, “Salvador Zubirán”, and the General Hospital of Mexico.
- Santa Cruz Parrish.
Food services for medical workers, donation for MX$24,322,137:
- 87,364 meals provided by Sanborn’s to medical and support staff in 30 hospitals.
Temporary COVID-19 Unit in the Citibanamex Center, donation of MX$603’542,299*
- In partnership with the Mexico City Government, the Mexico City Secretariat of Health, the CIE Foundation, different national health institutes, the UNAM Foundation, the Carlos Slim Foundation, the TELMEX Telcel Foundation, the Inbursa Foundation, and other organizations, have donated MX$301,784,537, doubling contributions made by donors such as the Walmart Foundation, Bimbo, Banamex, Coppel, Sertull, the Alfredo Harp Helu Foundation, Femsa, Infra, Takeda Lab, HSBC, and members of the Bimbo Management Board, among others.
- As of May 31, MX$244’000,000 of the total resources granted to the Temporary Unit had been used.
- The Unit has received 363 patients, out of which 227 are recovered, and zero deceases have been reported.
- The Temporary Unit is supporting institutions such as the General Hospital Dr. Manuel Gea González, the National Institute for Medical Sciences and Nutrition, “Salvador Zubirán”, the Enrique Cabrera Hospital, the National Cardiology Institute, the Ajusco Medio Hospital, the General Hospital of México, the Xoco Hospital, the Rubén Leñero Hospital, and the Bicentenario High-Specialty Hospital, among others, by reducing their bed occupation.
* The donation is split among medical equipment, protective equipment for healthcare workers, and expansion of the hospital bed capacity.
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