Port City Colombo donated 20,000 surgical masks to the Health Ministry last week.
Managing Director, CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd., JiangHouliang presented the consignment of masks to Minister of Health Mrs. PavithraWanniarachchi.
Director General of Health Services Dr. AselaGunawardena and Health Ministry officials were also present.
The Health Minister appreciated the Port City Colombo for the donation and she commended the previous donation made by the company during the first wave of the pandemic in April this year.
The consignment was donated upon a request of Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication, Basil Rajapaksa. He had also requested Port City Colombo for PCR test kits as it is another immediate requirement. Port City Colombo Managing Director assured that the company would comply with this request at the earliest.
After the second resurgence of COVID-19 in the country, Port City Colombo made several other donations as well. This includes the donation of 10,000 masks to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital, and 2,000 masks to Sri Lanka Customs.
These donations together with today’s donations accounts to over Rs. 4 million.
Earlier this year in April, Port City Colombo made a donation to the value of Rs. 6 million to the Colombo Manning Wholesale Market, Sri Lanka Police, KalutaraNagoda Hospital, Department of Information and the Ministry of Health.