Global enterprise, Bayer has donated R1.3m in medicines to the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital situated in Johannesburg. The Life Science company aims to assist the hospital in treating impoverished, elderly citizens by helping them to reduce their visits to the hospital during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“Considering that Gauteng is dealing with the country’s highest number of coronavirus cases, it is imperative that our public health resources can remain focused on treating and containing the coronavirus. By providing this medicine to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, we are hoping to help the hospital treat at least 700 older patients who would otherwise have to visit the hospital several times to help manage their condition, but will now be placed on Bayer’s self-regulating treatment, that will free up much-needed public health resources and reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus in a crowded hospital environment,” explained Frans Labuschagne, Divisional Head for Bayer’s Pharmaceutical Division in Southern Africa.
