GOMEL, 24 April (BelTA) – The Gomel office of the EPAM company has donated 10,000 high-quality respirators to healthcare workers of Gomel Oblast, BelTA learned from Press Secretary of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Olga Ryabikova.
The company purchased FFP2 respirators from the world's leading manufacturer 3M. The World Health Organization recommends this type of personal protective equipment to healthcare workers who are treating coronavirus patients.
“Doctors and other healthcare workers are at serious risk of getting the coronavirus, so it is very important to provide them with protective equipment in time and in sufficient amount. We would like to thank our healthcare workers and help those who save thousands of lives and take care of our health,” Head of the EPAM office Sergei Ageyenko said.
The respirators will be delivered to various healthcare facilities of Gomel Oblast, first of all, to Gomel Infectious Diseases Hospital.
