Bandar Seri Begawan, 25 March 2020 – To ease the burden and strain on medical personnel working in round-the-clock shifts in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak in Brunei, Baiduri Bank Group presented a donation for the COVID-19 medical frontliners today. The handover of donations took place today at the RIPAS Sports Complex.

The donations, comprising 100 sets of weekly grocery supplies and other basic household necessities, were handed over by Pg Azaleen PD Hj Mustapha, Deputy CEO of Baiduri Bank to Hj Abdul Khalid As’ari Hj Azahari, CEO of RIPAS Hospital.

The donations are in response to the call made by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Finance and Economy to support the frontline medical teams and is a part of Baiduri Bank Group’s corporate social responsibility programme which has been expanded to cover those in need during the COVID-19 period.

Speaking of the initiative, Pengiran Azaleen said, “This donation is a gesture of our appreciation to the dedicated medical frontliners involved in COVID-19. With their unwavering dedication in caring for patients, we understand that these heroes are hard pressed for time to go out to purchase their basic necessities.”

“We hope that our donations are able to provide some relief for these tireless medical frontliners”, said Pengiran Azaleen, adding that this is the first of a number of initiatives Baiduri Bank Group has planned to help frontliners and their customers during these trying times.

Also present at the handover was Ak Nor Muhd Nizam bin Pg Hj Tengah, Head of Group Treasury and Institutional Banking and Muiz DP Hj Adnan, Senior Communications Officer.