Since the emergence of the COVID19 outbreak in Spain, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia has been promoting various solidarity initiatives, both donations and volunteering. In this sense, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, through the Regional Ministry of Universities, made available, for the Murcia Health Service, its facilities and offered to deliver the medical supply available in the faculties of Health Sciences and Nursing. As a result of this, today, in the campuses of Murcia and Cartagena, 1,630 surgical gowns, 1,700 boot swabs and 3 disposable and sterile BioClean-D overalls, especially made for chemical and biological risk, were delivered, and they are already available for the health professionals. It is the first set of material delivered by UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia to help fighting the coronavirus pandemic, although it is foreseen that in the following weeks more donations will be made. 

On the other hand, through the messaging app Telegram, all the ‘Maker’ community is coordinated with the Murcia Health Service to produce medical supply with 3D printers. The Department of Telecommunication Systems Engineering of UCAM is collaborating in the production of headbands for the protective face visors that doctors and nurses use to avoid contagions. The initiative was launched with the 3D printers of the department and the ones that were made available for this project by students and teachers. Furthermore, through the Vice-Chancellorship for Research, a call is going to be made, addressed to the entire university community and to the former UCAM students, so that all those who have a 3D printer can put it at the service of this initiative.