S P Setia Foundation donating RM500,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies to Malaysian hospitals and front-liners. Image from: S P Setia
As Malaysia enters the fourth week of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and the Malaysian government calling out for support in the fight against COVID-19, S P Setia through its charity arm, S P Setia Foundation, answered the calling and donated RM500,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies to Malaysian hospitals and front-liners.
This is in addition to the previously committed pledge of RM1.0 million to the Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) and Government-Linked Investment Companies’ (GLIC) Disaster Response Network (GDRN) Collective Contribution.
To date, S P Setia Foundation has delivered a ventilator, patient monitor system and syringe pumps to Hospital Selayang in Selangor. They have also procured over 4,300 units of N95 face masks and given to the Hospital Kuala Lumpur and 50 units of aerosol boxes, a protective device when intubating patients, were distributed to various hospitals across Peninsular Malaysia.
S P Setia Foundation donating N95 face masks to Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Image from: S P Setia
S P Setia Foundation has a record of supporting the nation or providing relief in times of crisis. Since its inception in 2000, the Foundation has raised over RM74.3 mil to support various charitable pillars as listed in its trust deed. Among these are initiatives for distressed Malaysians affected by epidemics; assisting in the advancement of the education of disadvantaged pupils in Malaysia; providing assistance in meeting the needs of Malaysians who are underprivileged, disabled, poverty-stricken or critically ill; and organising activities that will promote national unity.
The GDRN, together with various partners, is working and coordinating together to streamline GLC and GLIC’s support to assist the Ministry of Health (MOH) in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the RM51.5 million collected as of 1 April 2020, RM42.6 million has been allocated to support the MOH to purchase medical supplies, and RM8.9 million has been earmarked to support families, front-liners and stranded university students with non-medical supplies.
S P Setia pledges to continue expanding its humanitarian efforts in order to help ease those affected by the unforeseen and unexpected hardship following the pandemic. Additionally, S P Setia is also soon going to roll out its Setia’s Food Aid initiative for foreign workers.
(13 April 2020)
