LT Group, Inc., the holding firm of taipan Lucio C. Tan, continues to respond to the nationwide efforts to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
The conglomerate’s collective efforts cover different facets of the Covid-19 battle—from providing supplies to medical health workers, to beefing up hospitals, to providing food and water for military personnel who man the different borders.
It has donated a total of 472,064 liters of ethyl alcohol under a disaster-relief program called “Help Flows.” This includes 20,000 liters it delivered to the Department of Health—for distribution to various government medical facilities.
To strengthen the capacity of hospitals to respond to Covid-19, the Group donated 40 ventilators, five PCR (polymerase chain reaction) machines, two ambulances and one x-ray machine to different public hospitals all over the country.
It also provided 59,583 pieces of personal protective equipment, 101 thermal thermometers and four thermal scanners.
The Group also partnered with local Filipino fast-food chain Binalot to cater meals and provide comfort and sustenance to the doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers struggling to keep all of us safe and well amidst this pandemic.
For the military personnel manning the different borders during this time of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine and to other frontliners, the Group provided 135,860 liters of beverages including water, 157,197 meal packs, snacks and coffee.
The Group also donated 47,601 pieces of canned goods.
All of these support and donations are vital to reduce the infection risk of the country’s frontline health-care workers and uniformed police and military personnel implementing the enhanced community quarantine measures.
LT Group President Michael G. Tan said the company would continuously pool resources to further assist government in the Covid-19 crisis and ensure that the different facets of the war are fully covered and constantly supported.
“Help Flows” is supported by LT Group member firms Asia Brewery, Inc. Eton Properties Philippines, Inc. PMFTC Inc.’s Embrace CSR program, Tanduay Distillers Inc., Philippine National Bank and sister company Philippine Airlines.
The Group is among the first to respond to the Covid-19 crisis. Through the combined team from Asia Brewery Inc. and Tanduay Distillers, it was able to conceptualize and produce the initial batch of ethyl alcohol in just four days, early on during the quarantine.
As early as February, the Group has also been proactively coordinating with authorities to provide emergency support and to assist in providing critical medical and health supplies in its preparation and battle against Covid-19.