Cristiano Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes have decided to donate more than \u20ac1 million to finance three intensive care units for coronavirus patients in the hospitals of Lisbon and Porto in Portugal.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the board of directors of the Santa Maria hospital confirmed the donation, with the hospital of Santo Antonio later announcing the support from Ronaldo and Mendes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were contacted by Jorge Mendes, who volunteered with Cristiano Ronaldo to fund two intensive care units for critically ill patients with COVID-19,” said President of Santa Maria Hospital, Daniel Ferro.<\/p>\n
There are fans, monitors, infusion pumps, beds, all the equipment that makes up an intensive care unit equipped to provide assistance to a patient infected with COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Santa Maria hospital, the two intensive care units will be called UCI Jorge Mendes and UCI Cristiano Ronaldo, with an increase in the intensive care units from 31 to 51.<\/p>\n
President of the board of Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio do Porto, Paulo Barbosa also thankful with the donation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis unit will allow the opening of 15 intensive care beds, fully equipped with fans, monitors and other equipment. The Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio do Porto thanks Cristiano Ronaldo and Jorge Mendes for this very useful initiative, at a time when the country needs everyone so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new intensive care unit will also be named after Cristiano Ronaldo and Jorge Mendes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"