Carlo Messina ©
A few days after the signing of the Collaboration Protocol, Intesa Sanpaolo announces that it has already defined, in agreement with the Extraordinary Commissioner Domenico Arcuri and with Angelo Borrelli on behalf of the Civil Protection, a series of interventions to contrast the Coronavirus emergency for the destination 80 of the 100 million euros donated by the group to national health.
In particular, 53.5 million euros were earmarked for the purchase of medical equipment and other medical material requested by the Extraordinary Commissioner in accordance with the Civil Protection: fans, helmets, respirators, masks, gloves, suits.
In addition, 26.5 million euros were allocated to health facilities identified by the Civil Protection on the basis of the emergency needs distributed throughout the territory, both to cover work and purchases already finalized by hospitals, and for the assignment of care equipment and diagnostic. Of the 26.5 million, 52% went to the North, 23% to the Center and 25% to the South.
The structures benefited from the Intesa Sanpaolo intervention will be: San Raffaele Hospital (Milan), Humanitas headquarters in Rozzano (Mi), Bergamo and Castellanza, Grande Metropolitano Niguarda Hospital (Milan), ULSS 9 Scaligera (Verona), Institute of Candiolo IRCCS ( Turin), Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Colli Hospital (Naples).
Fundraising is currently underway on the digital platform of Intesa Sanpaolo www.forfunding.it which has already raised € 1.5 million. The funds will be used for the same purposes and areas of intervention on which the Bank is committing itself in agreement with the Extraordinary Commissioner and Civil Protection.
You can donate to this address: https://www.forfunding.intesasanpaolo.com/DonationPlatform-ISP/n av / project / emergency-coronavirus-close-to-who-needs-most-needed
In the context of an epidemic that hit the "Italian population hard" - says Intesa Sanpaolo - and with a feeling of closeness to all the families who have seen the losses of loved ones, Intesa Sanpaolo wants to underline the value of effectiveness and timeliness with which the health structures that will benefit from the arrival of resources and medical materials so necessary in the emergency have been identified ".
Messina: 'Significant interventions in a short time' - "In the early stages of this extraordinary emergency, we were the first to make a significant amount available to counter the effects of the epidemic," comments Carlo Messina, CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo.
"We have decided - he adds - to donate 100 million euros, making them available to the Extraordinary Commissioner and Civil Protection to structurally strengthen the National Health Service and, at the same time, to purchase medical equipment and materials. We are very satisfied with how, in a very limited period of time, a close collaboration, or rather a real partnership, has been able to activate a significant series of interventions and bring concrete benefits on the whole national territory. In just as quickly we will define new and important measures " .
"Our intervention, carried out thanks to the strength of Intesa Sanpaolo - Messina continues - and of the people who are part of it , wants to contribute to the care of the sick and wants to be a sign of appreciation for the great work of those on the front line, doctors, nurses and all the categories that perform essential services, to which our thanks go. We are a bank that wants to make a significant contribution to tackling the epidemic, so I decided to support specific health initiatives with a personal donation of one million euros and I am proud of the fact that 21 managers reporting directly to me will make a total of similar donations for around € 5 million ".