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Petronas Sets Up Mobile Car Service Workshops at Hospitals
Petronas Dagangan Berhad (PDB), via its subsidiary, Petro- nas Lubricants Marketing (Ma- laysia) Sdn Bhd (PLMM) is setting up mobile car service workshops at Hos- pital Sungai Buloh, University of Mala- ya Medical Centre and Hospital Kuala Lumpur between 20 and 28 April 2020 to provide convenient auto services to healthcare front-liners during this re- stricted period.
The initiative is part of Petronas’ corpo- rate social responsibility programme in easing the burden of front-liners battling the Covid-19 pandemic, and to help them stay safe on the road. During this free Petronas Syntium lubricant change for car engines, carried out by its ap- pointed service provider, RessQ60Min powered by MyAssist. Other services such as change of battery, oil or aircon available at a chargeable rate.
Petronas will also be extending the same service at three of its AutoExpert outlets located in Sri Kembangan, Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam to cater to healthcare front-liners who are within 10 kilometres of the vicinity.
PDB’s Managing Director and Chief Ex- “Petronas appreciates the dedication during these challenging times. Apart from the contribution of medical equip- ment and supplies, as well as food and beverage supply made earlier by the Group, we have now expanded it to include car servicing. We want them to be safe on the roads, and provide them with the comfort that their car is well-taken care of while they focus on attending to the patients.”
Earlier, Petronas Group, through its corporate social responsibility arm Yayasan Petronas, contributed RM20 million worth of medical equipment and supplies to help hospitals and health- care front-liners mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The Group had also reached out to 800 deserving families through a spe-
cial initiative, the Sentuhan Kasih Covid-19 programme, providing food aid to the B40 community in Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu and Kelantan to ease their burden during the Movement Control Order period.
PDB has also been contributing cartons of Mesra Mineral Water and Mesra Bites buns Screening Centre at Hospital Sungai Buloh. Additionally, the Company also contributed cartons of Mesra Mineral Water to Univer- sity of Malaya Medical Centre and Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Polis Diraja Malaysia and St. John Ambulance, as well as Mesra Bites buns to the Malaysian army.
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