Lisbon: Madeira-born Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo and his manager Jorge Mendes are going to donate five ventilators to the Regional Health Service of Madeira, Lusa News Agency reported on Saturday.
“The Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SESARAM) will receive a donation of equipment to help fight COVID-19, provided by Madeiran footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and businessman Jorge Mendes,” said a press release from the SESARAM, adding “they will finance five ventilators” in the archipelago, the Xinhua news reports.
The latest donation will bring sthe total number of the ventilators in the region to 99, the release said.
Last Tuesday, Ronaldo and Mendes made donations to turn a wing of the Santo Antonio Hospital in the Northern city of Porto into Intensive Care Units (ICU) with 15 beds fully equipped with ventilators, monitors and other equipment. IANS