Quinta do Lago is teaming up with residents at the five-star Portuguese resort to donate more than ?500,000 towards the cost of buying essential hospital equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The exclusive golf and lifestyle family venue and around 500 residents of different nationalities reacted to the health crisis in the Algarve by pledging vital funds to help pay for urgent medical products and supplies at the region?s three public hospitals in Faro, Portim?o and Lagos.
Quinta do Lago contributed ?50,000 towards the cost of buying badly needed equipment ? including CT scanners, ventilators, COVID-19 testing kits, heartrate monitors, echocardiogram machines, blood-testing kits and personal protective equipment ? with the rest of the money coming from private donations.
The money raised will go to the Algarve Biomedical Centre (ABC), the consortium which is leading many of the Algarve?s initiatives to contain the pandemic, who will then supply the Algarve University Hospital Centre with the products needed to fight the pandemic.
In a further show of gratitude to health professionals, Quinta do Lago is offering all healthcare and emergency service workers free takeaway coffee and breakfast every morning at its boutique caf? and juice bar PURE.
Sean Moriarty, CEO at Quinta do Lago, said: ?In these unprecedented and challenging times, the resort is united against COVID-19, and I?m confident that we will all get through this difficult period so that our vibrant resort and community can return with a renewed zest for life.?
