Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Kingspan donates €1m shipment of PPE to HSE

- Samantha McCaughren

IRISH building materials company Kingspan has donated a shipment of 60,000 medical protective suits to the HSE to help support the Irish healthcare system in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) was sourced through Kingspan’s supply chain partners.

The equipment, valued at around €1m, was delivered to the HSE’s logistics hub in Clondalkin for distributi­on around the country’s hospitals and healthcare facilities.

The full-length medical protective suits are CE-certified to confirm they meet EU safety standards.

This is Kingspan’s second donation to the Irish healthcare system during the pandemic, following the company’s distributi­on of 30,000 masks to the care home sector in April. That was at a time of acute shortage and when the numbers of Covid-19 cases in care homes was rising rapidly.

The masks were donated to members of Nursing Homes Ireland, and distribute­d throughout the country by NHI’s members.

Gene Murtagh, CEO of Kingspan Group, which is headquarte­red in Kingscourt, Co Cavan, said: “Using our supply chain relationsh­ips to source high-quality PPE as quickly as possible was the least we could do as a company to help.”

Sean Bresnan, national director of procuremen­t at the HSE, said the donation was welcome. “While we are in a better place in addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic, now is not a time to be complacent,” he said.

 ??  ?? Marci Bonham of Kingspan and the HSE’s Sean Bresnan. Photo: Conor McCabe
Marci Bonham of Kingspan and the HSE’s Sean Bresnan. Photo: Conor McCabe

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