Grocery kits, clothes given to workers

Coimbatore: Hindustan Petroleum on Saturday donated clothes and fresh vegetables to 170 staff including sanitary workers of the ESI Hospital, which is the main Covid-19 treating centre in the region.
It was a small gesture to motivate the healthcare staff, HP general manager Damodharan said. “Sanitary workers in Covid-19 wards do a risky job and we wanted to encourage them. We gave the men dhoti, shirt, soaps, towel and vegetables. Women were given saris, blouses and vegetables,” he said. “We don’t want the workers to visit markets where people don’t maintain social distancing.”
Each employee received 10kg vegetables from Kotagiri.
BP also donated Rs 7 lakh-worth masks and personal protective equipment to doctors and nurses. The ESI Hospital has treated 3,500 patients so far and 350 are currently under treatment. tnn