TO HELP in the fight against Covid19, the Iloilo Science and Technology University donated face masks, personal protective equipment, testing booths and sterilization gadgets to healthcare workers and patients.

“No amount of pandemics can stop us from performing our respective functions with regard to instruction, education, extension, production, internationalization and infrastructure development,” Dr. Raul Muyong, university president, said.

Muyong said the university provided 19,185 face masks, 124 face shields, 51 aerosol boxes, 6,561 protective suits and established a community kitchen.

With the Fabrication Laboratory provided by the Department of Trade and Industry, the university came up with the prototype of the Ultraviolet C sterilization gadgets for rooms and N95 masks, he said.

Muyong added that ISAT-U, with the help of the Department of Science and Technology,  also created mobile specimen collection booths for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction tests which were donated to Iloilo hospitals.

“The booth is complete with a UVC sanitizer lamp, pressure sensor, air conditioner, and a separator between the technician and the patient providing protection and safety to both,” the school official said.