Chennai: The Mata Amritanandamayi Math has announced that it is donating Rs13 crore to help combat and contain Covid-19 as well as to provide relief to those physically, mentally and economically affected by the virus.
Moreover, it will provide free care to Covid-19 patients at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) in Kochi.
According to a press note, Rs 10 crore will go to the Centre’s PM Cares Fund, and Rs 3 crore will go to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.
“Seeing the entire world hurting and crying in pain, my heart is aching deeply,” Amma said in the statement issued by the Math. ‘Let us all pray for the souls who have succumbed to this pandemic, for the mental peace of their families and friends, for the peace of the world, and for God’s grace.’