As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to create unprecedented crisis in India, Volvo Group India has joined forces with the Government of Karnataka to control the transmission of this disease. The leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines, handed over medical materials worth Rs one million to the Health Officer at Government Hospital and MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, at Hoskote, for the protection of healthcare professionals and workers ? doctors, nurses and hospital staff, along with masks for the patients.

Sharat Bache Gowda, MLA, Hosakote visited the GH Hospital and acknowledged the contribution of medical material to Government Hospital and thanked Volvo Group, India for the support in partnering with the government in the fight against Covid-19.

Headquartered in Bengaluru, the company also handed over masks and sanitisers to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at Hosakote and Nadagudi, to protect the front-line warriors from exposure to this infectious disease. ?While the government has taken measures to flatten the curve and keep the daily number of cases at a level manageable for healthcare systems, it is important that we all come together and help in fighting novel coronavirus.

Today, healthcare professionals and police personnel are at a significant risk as they are exposed to large number of patients and potential carriers of the virus. We see them working round-the-clock to keep all of us stay safe. Given this situation as a responsible corporate citizen, we have come forward to donate these medical supplies to them,? said Kamal Bali, President and Managing Director, Volvo Group, India.

The medical supplies handed over included PPE kits, N95 masks, sanitisers, triple layer masks, liquid soaps, among other items.