QIH donates PPE to front line healthcare workers

 

Local manufacturing company Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) has donated its stocks of important PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for use by frontline health care workers, north and south, in the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic.

To date over one thousand units of PPE equipment, including: masks, Tyvek suits, nitrile gloves and safety glasses have been provided to Cavan General Hospital, to South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, as well as to a number of local community care providers.

Quinn Building Products and Quinn Packaging has also been able to source a consignment surgical masks from its suppliers, which it will also donate to the front line when they arrive next week.

Separately, Quinn Packaging has moved to manufacturing and donated more than 1.6 tonnes of plastic PET sheet to Magherafelt-based Bloc Blinds for use in the manufacture of disposable face shields. The Derry-based company hopes to be able to produce 22,000 face shields per day which will provide vital direct-splash face protection, to those bravely working on the front line against Covid-19.

 

Commenting, Mr Liam McCaffrey, Chief Executive, QIH said: “Our staff and all our businesses were keen to see how we could support our frontline healthcare workers in their tireless efforts to protect our community and our loved ones.

He added: “We hope that in some small way this gesture will both show our appreciation and help save lives. It’s the least they deserve.”