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Our Institute donates medical supplies to the Hospital Clínic Universitari de València

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Our Institute donates medical supplies to the Hospital Clínic Universitari de València

Loading the van with the I2SysBio medical supplies
Loading the van with the material I2SysBio's health system.

Following the instructions of the Department of Universal Health and Public Health, I2Sysbio delivered to the economic director of the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia, Juana Belmar and its medical director, Jorge Navarro, a variety of materials, including gloves, masks and sanitary alcohols.

The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is exposing our public health system to stress. unprecedented. The needs for personal protective material for professionals and support staff in our hospitals are urgent. On March 15, the Ministry of Health ordered an inventory of all medical supplies held by public institutions and private companies. And on March 24, we received a request from the Department of Universal Health and Public Health of the Generalitat Valenciana to donate our stock to the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia. The donation consisted, among others, of more than 15,000 nitrile gloves, 1,800 swabs, 350 disposable gowns and more than 50 liters of various sanitary alcohols, the ingredients to prepare hydroalcoholic disinfectant solution. The call from the I2SysBio Management to inventory, locate, package and transport all this material has received a generous and enthusiastic response from many members of the institute, aware that we are a public service.

Likewise, through the CSIC and the General Directorate of Research and High Inspection of the Department of Universal Health and Public Health, we have communicated our capabilities, in equipment and personnel, available to help in the diagnostic work of the new coronavirus.

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