Donatella Versace & Her Daughter Allegra Donate €200,000 to Milan Hospital
Donatella Versace and her daughter, Allegra Versace Beck, have donated 200,000 euros to a Milan hospital to support the fight against coronavirus.
Versace's Chief Creative Officer, 67, and her heiress daughter, 33, announced they would be donating the large sum to the intensive care department of San Raffaele hospital in the city, which has been appealing for help due to the overwhelming amount of patients being treated for the virus.
“In times like this, it is important to be united and support however we can to help all those who are in the front lines, fighting every day to save hundreds of lives," said the fashion designer in a statement on Friday, March 13.
The statement continued, "This is why, Allegra and I have decided to make a personal donation of 200,000 euros to the intensive care department of San Raffaele hospital in Milan. Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by this disease and to all the doctors and medical staff who have been working heroically non-stop in the past weeks in the effort to take care of our loved ones."
She finished with, "This is when we, as a society, need to stand together and care for one another.”
Currently, Italy has the highest number of Covid-19 incidences outside of China, with a reported 17,660 as of Saturday 14th March–and the country's health care system is groaning under the weight.
Last week, the Italian government appointed new health commissioner Domenico Arcuri to deal with the virus, who will co-ordinate a programme to resupply hospitals with equipment and staff they urgently need.
Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni and her husband Fedez have raised over €3.6 million to help deal with the coronavirus epidemic in Italy via a GoFundMe campaign. The couple also made a personal donation of €100,000 to help fund new hospital beds in Milan’s San Raffaele hospital.
“We hope that this initiative will raise awareness among people in Italy and abroad of the current coronavirus crisis, which is affecting all of us,” they said in a statement, reports WWD.
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