Donation of medical and protective equipment

Goa Sudharop donated lifesaving equipment and medical supplies to help fight COVID-19. This is to extend support to healthcare professionals in the treatment of COVID-19 at Hospicio. With these actions, Goa Sudharop is supporting society in this healthcare crisis. The youth are working together with a strong will to succeed in defeating the virus. We are humbled by the generosity of the members of our community who have asked how they can help support our staff and patients during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. With your help, together we can make thousands of differences in the lives of patients, healthcare workers, staff members and more. The necessary means to fight the pandemic will support essential healthcare workers, patients, and families experiencing hardships as a result of this public health crisis, while also helping to provide much-needed equipment, supplies, and facilities. This project has been coordinated by Mr. Aryan D’Mello.

Goa Sudharop contributed to the purchase of the donation. The donation consisted of the purchase of surgical caps, surgical masks, face masks, face protection screens, protective goggles, boxes of latex gloves, surgical gloves, surgical gowns, shoe covers, and biosafety suits. The PPE suits were stitched by women in rural areas and this served as a source of income for them. Many women gained employment through this initiative.

With a protracted emergency like COVID-19, it is important that the government and its response structures have the essential support to tackle this disease and that is what this donation, of the assorted supplies and equipment aims to achieve – maintain a high confidence level to respond. Goa Sudharop will continue to mobilize resources, reach out to other partners to do the same and encourage a stronger collaboration among partners to keep the outbreak under control. Until we are out of this COVID-19 pandemic , we will not rest as an organization. We will continue to explore every possible means and we will continue to encourage other partners to support the Directorate of Health to build a resilient system for effective emergency response and universal health service delivery. As we continue to make progress against COVID-19, Goa Sudharop will continue to support with the right tools and skills to help strengthen the health system with the right capacity to mitigate the adverse effect of emergencies such as COVID. Our support is also geared towards ensuring the system is built back better.