Former Senate President Manny Villar and the Villar Group have completed the installation of disinfecting apparatus in nine hospitals and health institutions across Metro Manila.
They are the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Alabang, Las Piñas General Hospital, Don Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Caloocan, Rizal Medical Center in Pasig, Quirino Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center and Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, and San Lazaro Hospital and Santa Ana Hospital in Manila.
The disinfecting tunnels will help healthcare workers, staff and everyone visiting the hospital get cleansed as they go in and out of the facility, to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The apparatus are equipped with sensors that prompt an automatic spray of disinfecting mist when people enter the tunnel.
Earlier, the Villar family also donated face masks, drinking water to schools and government hospitals, and food and accommodation to frontliners, among others.
Recently, the Villar Group, in tandem with the DPWH and EEI, also completed the construction works at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Halls, converting it into a health facility in just six days.
