Karachi: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Sindh Branch Sunday received a donation of Rs40 million from Novartis Pakistan.

The support package will go towards the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for medical workers, and COVID-19 testing Kits. The cheques hand-over ceremony was organized at Hilal-e-Ahmer House, Teen Talwar Clifton. On behalf of PRCS-Sindh, former captain of Pakistan Cricket team Moin Khan and renowned actor Adnan Siddiqui received the donation cheque.

While addressing the ceremony, Shahnaz S. Hamid, Chairperson PRCS-Sindh expressed her gratitude to Novartis Pakistan. She further said that this generous donation for PPE and testing kits would help in enhancing the capacity of our healthcare system, and also strengthening the efforts to fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

She also announced that PRCS-Sindh will soon introduce a mobile testing service for Covid-19 Suspects with the technical support of Indus Hospital. She urged others to come forward to donate generously for procurement of testing kits like Novartis Pakistan, Zaid Chaudhry, CFO and Ayesha Mushtaq lead projects of Novartis Pakistan said that their Company is making all possible efforts to contribute its corporate social responsibility to help such organization who are fighting against COVID 19.