Crédit Agricole Egypt has honoured 30 doctors who are working on the front lines to treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in public hospitals. The honoured doctors were also members of the Egyptian Shooting Club. 

Walie Lotfy, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer at Crédit Agricole Egypt, said, “The bank’s relationship with the communities where it operates goes beyond business. An inherent part in the bank’s strategy is serving the community. This is part of the bank’s raison d’être, as it has been keen on providing all forms of support to its clients and societies, since the beginning of the pandemic, especially doctors who are on the front line to treat COVID-19 patients”

“The honouring was part of the bank’s ‘Thank You’ initiative launched at the beginning of the pandemic, to show our appreciation for the great efforts exerted by doctors during this period,” he added. “Crédit Agricole seeks to consolidate ties with the communities in which it operates through added-value initiatives. We consider the Shooting Club a strategic partner for the bank. Throughout a 30-year partnership, we participated in many initiatives, the most recent aims at supporting financial inclusion and the transformation to a cashless society by providing a new banking experience in line with the Central Bank of Egypt’s directives.”

Following the spread of the pandemic, Crédit Agricole Egypt has launched a number of initiatives to serve the medical sector. These included cooperation between the bank’s Foundation for Development with Ahl Masr Foundation to provide government hospitals with necessary medical equipment for the treatment of coronavirus patients: three ventilators, fully equipped intensive care units, and ultrasound devices, in addition to other basic equipment needed in intensive care units for four hospitals in the Delta and Upper Egypt.

The bank also launched the “Thank You” initiative to support medics, by exempting them from all administrative expenses on loans, credit cards, and accounts and prioritizing their service at all its branches to save their time.

The support for the medical sector was also extended to the bank’s employees who participated in a fundraising campaign to buy personal protective equipment (PPE) for the medical teams in quarantine hospitals.

Through this initiative, the bank doubled every Egyptian pound donated by its staff. At the end of the campaign, Crédit Agricole Egypt and the bank’s employees were able to provide 1,500 PPE supplies for medical staff.

In continuation of this initiative, Crédit Agricole Egypt will soon organize a celebration to honour the doctors who play a vital role in the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Alexandria Sporting Club, where the bank has a very strong footprint.

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