Coronavirus, LifeGate joins the Non lasciamo indietro nessuno campaign
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LifeGate is joining #NonLasciamoIndietroNessuno and inviting its community to donate to hospitals dealing with the coronavirus emergency.
Coronavirus, LifeGate joins the Non lasciamo indietro nessuno campaign
LifeGate is joining #NonLasciamoIndietroNessuno and inviting its community to donate to hospitals dealing with the coronavirus emergency.
It's official: according to the World Health Organisation, coronavirus is a pandemic. To date, 10,149 cases have been confirmed in Italy: 1,004 people have recovered, 631 have died and 8,514 are currently receiving treatment. The number of infections is growing day by day, putting pressure on the resilience of our national health system.
The situation is particularly critical in Lombardy, where more than 200 intensive care beds have been found over the past week and a half and another hundred will be created in the coming days, declared the regional president Attilio Fontana on the morning of 11 March on Rai Radio1. The region has submitted a project to the Civil Protection to set up five hundred intensive care beds in the spaces of fieramilanocity, following what has already been done in Wuhan, China. The "plan B" presented at the press conference instead envisages placing them "in social care facilities that are empty or can be emptied quickly".
To ensure everyone's right to medical care, a group of companies, trade associations and well-known figures from sport and entertainment has just launched #NonLasciamoIndietroNessuno.
A fundraising campaign that LifeGate is also joining, inviting its community to make a donation. Taking part in the campaign is extremely simple and takes only a few seconds: just choose the amount (which can be just a few euros) and enter your credit card details. Crucially, at the end, spread the word among your contacts. "Health is a right for everyone, and that is why with LifeGate we have decided to join the #NonLasciamoIndietroNessuno campaign. The time has come to show that we are a united and supportive country," says Enea Roveda, chief executive of the LifeGate group.
Join the #NonLasciamoIndietroNessuno campaign on GoFundMe
The initiative was conceived by Gruppo Giovani Assolombarda, Newco Management Srl, Andrea Petagna, Alfio Bardolla Training Group Spa, Spartan Tech Srl, Pop Sports, Smart Srl, Agam, Forum Economia Innovazione, Asseimpredil ANCE Milano, Junior Enterprise Italy, Elsa Milano, Aidp Lombardia, Starting Finance Srl, GaragErasums, Aiesec Italia.
The crowdfunding is structured in steps. The first funds raised will go to Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda for the purchase of five complete intensive care units. Each one consists of a bed, a ventilator, infusion pumps and a monitor, at a cost of around 70,000 euros. Once this first milestone has been reached, the focus will shift to purchasing equipment for other hospitals. The promoters are already in talks with their managers to identify the most urgent needs.