Extending its support to the state's fight against COVID-19, Kerala based leading commercial Bank, Federal Bank has donated 10,000 vaccine carriers to the tune of Rs.92.04 lakh to the Kerala government.

According to the press release said here on Tuesday, which reads: -  ‘This project forms part of various infrastructure, logistic and awareness programmes that Federal Bank Hormis Memorial Foundation, the CSR arm of Federal Bank, has recently undertaken to help combat the second wave of Covid in the country’

The Federal Bank team, led by Reji PG, Deputy Vice President-II, formally handed over the contributed equipment to the state Health Minister Veena George here recently, an official statement said here. Officials present at the event included Ms. Nisha K Das, Regional Head and Deputy Vice President-II, Thiruvananthapuram, Ms. Kavitha K Nayar, State Business Head, Government Business and other officials.

The Federal Bank had last month donated Rs 3.55 crore for establishing a special COVID facility at the government hospital in Aluva in Ernakulam district.

The ICU, within the hospital campus, had 100 beds with ventilators and several other advanced medical support equipment for treating Covid patients.

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