Bayer is supporting hospitals in Lombardy, Italy, with a donation of one million euros.

The money is being added to a aid fund local authorities have set up to procure urgently needed equipment for intensive care units in hospitals with the greatest needs.

The chairman of the company’s management board, Werner Baumann, said: “Our emergency aid is designed to help support hospitals and hospital staff during the crisis. Our colleagues in Italy are working with unbelievable commitment to maintain the supply of our medicines. On top of that, our emergency aid is designed to help support hospitals and hospital staff during the crisis.”

Lombardy is by far the worst affected by the coronavirus in Italy.

Hospitals there are reaching the limits of their capacity.

Bayer has already sent considerable financial and material support to China to help contain the pandemic.

The company will continue to provide affected regions and countries with rapid and unbureaucratic assistance as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. Its products and services are designed to benefit people by supporting efforts to overcome the major challenges presented by a growing and ageing global population.

Bayer is committed to the principles of sustainable development, and the Bayer brand stands for trust, reliability and quality throughout the world.

In fiscal 2019, the Group employed around 104,000 people and had sales of 43.5 billion euros. Capital expenditures amounted to 2.9 billion euros and R&D expenses to 5.3 billion euros. — VNS