Itaú Unibanco will donate R$10 million to help Fiocruz – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz build a hospital to care for people with COVID-19. The health unit, which will be located in Manguinhos, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, will cost R$100 million and will have 120 ICU beds and 80 semi-intensive beds.
After the coronavirus pandemic, the hospital will remain open. According to Itaú, the hospital is expected to be handed over to the public on May 15. “We are fully aware of the severity of the crisis resulting from the spread of COVID-19 and we will continue to support society at this difficult time,” said Claudia Politanski, vice president of Itaú Unibanco, in a statement.
Know more: https://portal.fiocruz.br/noticia/fiocruz-constroi-centro-hospitalar-para-pandemia-de-covid-19
