By Glazyl Y. Masculino
BACOLOD City – The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) donated an RNA extractor to Negros Occidental to further strengthen the province’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resiliency.
EDC’s Community Partners Marie Christine Jamiana and Jayvi Valenzuela turned over the P3 million-worth equipment to Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson in a simple ceremony held at the Provincial Capitol yesterday.
“We are one with Negros Occidental in its fight against COVID-19,” said Norreen Bautista, head of EDC’s Corporate Social Responsibility team in Negros Island.
The RNA extractor will be used at the molecular laboratory in Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City.
This initiative of EDC is part of its series of COVID-19 community assistance to the Visayas Region, specifically in Negros Island, Ormoc City, and Iloilo.
EDC also unveiled its first own molecular laboratory in Negros Oriental in the past month, which started operating last week.
“With Negrenses’ observance of all health and safety protocols, we believe that Bacolod City and the rest of the province will soon be able to win this war by flattening the curve even before the release of a COVID-19 vaccine,” Bautista said.
To date, the company has already provided over P6million-worth of aid to its partner communities in Bago City and Murcia, to the Diocese of Bacolod City, to various local government units, and to its customers in Negros Occidental alone since the onset of the pandemic even if it has no operations in the area as part of its commitment to continuously support Negros Occidental.
Bautista said this is part of their commitment to go beyond sustainability that merely seeks to do less harm by being regenerative.
