Alba supports Bahrain’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts

TDT | Manama

Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba) has been proactive in supporting Bahrain’s coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation efforts by developing and fostering its community engagement initiatives. Among these are supporting the Convalescent Plasma Donation Programme at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Royal Medical Services (RMS), led by RMS director Major General (Prof ) Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa.

This and other initiatives were discussed in a meeting between Alba CEO Ali Al Baqali and Alba Safety, Health and Environment director Mohammed Khalil with RMS technical assistant to the director at BDF Hospital Brigadier Dr Abdulla Darwish. The officials also spoke about further strengthening collaboration on the COVID-19 response. Al Baqali commented: “We are all in this together.

It is a matter of great pride for Alba to contribute towards and support the efforts of Team Bahrain in overcoming the challenges of this pandemic.” Dr Darwish said: “The Kingdom of Bahrain has been prudent in its approach towards combatting COVID-19.

“We are pleased that Alba has demonstrated a strong initiative to support the BDF-RMS by supporting the Convalescent Plasma Donation Programme, which has shown promising results in the management of COVID-19 patients.”

The donation programme helps facilitate recovery by transferring antibodies from the blood plasma of fully recovered COVID-19 patients, who meet the required conditions, to current cases. For more information, call BDF-RMS Blood Donations at +973-17766279.