KUALA LUMPUR: IJM Corporation Bhd (IJM) recently donated 42 hospital beds to Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras and Hospital Kuala Lumpur, where the beds were critically needed to treat Covid-19 patients.
“We hope that the contributions will help ease the demand for hospital beds as these hospitals reach full capacity and increasing pressure is being placed on medical frontliners,” said IJM Corp chief executive officer and managing director Liew Hau Seng in a statement today.
“The donations are part of IJM Corp’s effort to provide essential medical equipment support at this challenging time,” he said.
Twenty beds were delivered to Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras, while 22 beds were placed at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
The hospital beds donation is an initiative under IJM Corp’s Covid-19 community relief efforts in medical support.
Under this area of focus, IJM Corp has contributed funds and medical supplies and equipment to communities, medical relief foundations and critical services to give frontliners the protection and resources they need to help fight the Covid-10 pandemic.
“IJM has been stepping forward to ensure that our communities are supported. Across our business divisions, we are each doing our part to help those who are most impacted by the pandemic, including our operations in India,” Liew said.
At the peak of the Covid-19 crisis in India, IJM India donated 20 oxygen concentrators to two emergency Covid-19 care centres in Hyderabad and Nagpur.
The treatment for the Delta variant of Covid-19 during the second pandemic wave saw an increased demand for medical-grade oxygen.
The contribution of oxygen concentrators to these emergency care centres, which provide free medical treatment to the needy, was critical to saving lives during the crisis.
Last month, IJM Corp also launched a Covid-19 vaccination programme for its employees, families and supply chain, where more than one thousand vaccine recipients received their first dose of the Covid19 vaccine.
Through this initiative, IJM Corp was able also to sponsor 200 vaccination slots for the community.
