ICICI Bank stands in solidarity with people of Karnataka by providing protective equipment to the state government, hospitals and police forces for their tireless efforts to safeguard citizens of the state in the wake of COVID19 pandemic.
ICICI Bank is working actively with the authorities on this front.
The Bank has donated 66,000 of three-ply surgical masks, 2,300 litres sanitisers, 52,500 gloves and 15,000 kg of bleaching powder to the deputy commissioners of Mysuru, Chikkamagaluru, Bengaluru, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Chitradurga and Udupi among others.
This initiative is part of the Bank’s nation-wide drive of contributing various protective gears to aid the front-liners to combat the pandemic.
Speaking on the initiative, Saurabh Singh, Head- Government Banking, ICICI Bank said, “ICICI Group has a legacy of supporting the development of the nation as well as providing support in times of natural calamities and disasters.”
“Taking this legacy forward, we are standing in solidarity with various state governments, police departments and health professionals in their tireless efforts to treat and safeguard citizens of the country in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic,” Singh said.
He said ICICI Bank’s support to the various authorities in Karnataka is part of these activities.
The doctors treating the COVID-19 suspects / patients and the police and paramilitary forces managing orderly implementation of the lockdown are at the frontline of this combat.
“We have focussed our efforts to reach out to the government hospitals and the forces in the state,” Singh said.
Despite supply chain challenges, the ICICI Bank is providing them supplies in the form of sanitisers, surgical masks, N95 masks, gloves, personal protection equipment, etc.
“We are also providing equipment like thermal scanners and non-invasive category ventilators,” Singh said.