Kuala Lumpur, 26 March 2020 – Cagamas Berhad (“Cagamas” or “the Company”), the National Mortgage Corporation of Malaysia contributed a total of RM50,000 for the purchase of medical equipment via the MERCY Malaysia Wakaf Covid-19 fund (Wakaf Covid-19) under the Company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.
Mercy Malaysia is a Volunteer Relief Organization that provides medical and humanitarian services locally and abroad. Through Wakaf COVID-19, Mercy Malaysia will coordinate the purchase of 20 ventilators to be used in Intensive Care Units at
designated hospitals.
“We are in this together. As a responsible corporate citizen, Cagamas is playing its part to support the Government’s effort to mitigate and curb the COVID-19 outbreak. Cagamas’ contribution will go towards alleviating the potential shortage of ventilators
where patients in critical conditions will have access to life saving medical equipment,” said President/Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Chung Chee Leong.
“We hope all Malaysians will do their part to break the chain of COVID-19 by staying home and staying safe. Cagamas is truly grateful to every single health worker and enforcement personnel who are working hard to stop the COVID-19 outbreak,” he
added.
Ir Amran Mahzan, Executive Director of MERCY Malaysia, expressed his gratitude to Cagamas Berhad for the generous contribution, which will greatly help in this time of national crisis. “The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly strained the country’s healthcare system and disrupted the lives of all Malaysians in more ways than one. As a medical relief society, we are working hard to ensure that our medical facilities are able to cope with the drastic increase in patients in the last month.”