GTBank donates N40m to fight Ebola in W/Africa

The response to Ebola outbreak by Swiss Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders started early 2014 with the establishment of Ebola Case Management Centers (CMCs), provision of beds in isolation and transit centres, proper disposal of dead bodies and provision of medical personnel and supplies. After a few months of properly executed intervention measures by […]

The response to Ebola outbreak by Swiss Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders started early 2014 with the establishment of Ebola Case Management Centers (CMCs), provision of beds in isolation and transit centres, proper disposal of dead bodies and provision of medical personnel and supplies.
After a few months of properly executed intervention measures by these organisations, there is remarkable gradual decline in the outbreak.
However, more action is required to combat further outbreak as well as effect implementation of World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Roadmap against Ebola.
GTB’s donation of N40 million to Swiss Red Cross and Doctors without Borders is to support the dispatch of trained personnel, creation of mobile laboratories to improve diagnostics, setting up of more Ebola case management facilities in remote areas, creation of regional network of field hospitals to treat medical personnel and addressing the collapse of state infrastructure, which has left people in many parts of West Africa without access to basic healthcare.
“GTBank will continue to lead the way as a responsive and socially responsible corporate organisation in line with its strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives. We are convinced that these funds will, among other things, better equip volunteers and medical practitioners in the forefront of combating further outbreak of Ebola and saving more lives,” said the bank’s managing director and chief executive officer Segun Agbaje.
The bank said it put up measures to safeguard its customers in efforts to contain the outbreak by providing infra-red thermometers to check all visitors to its branches.