China's Telecommunication Giants Make Donations to Medical Staff against SARS

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China's Telecommunication Giants Make Donations to Medical Staff against SARS

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China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile, three domestic telecommunications giants, donated fund and equipment to the Ministry of Health to reward and support the front-line medical staff against SARS on Monday.

China Telecom donated five million yuan (604,595 US dollars) incash to reward the medical workers as well as for the prevention and treatment of SARS.

Meanwhile, China Telecom donated phone cards worth of five million yuan to the front-line medical workers and isolated SARS patients for contacts with their families and friends.

China Unicom donated facilities composing a broad-band video meeting system and visual telephones valued at five million yuan. In addition, it also offered free optical cables and access equipment for the opening of the above systems.

China Mobile donated three million yuan (362,757 US dollars) incash as a special fund for related research on the disease. China Mobile will also provide accurate and timely short message services about SARS to its users and donate all the earning of this operation to subsidize the medical workers.

All these cash and equipment will be used in the front-line fight against SARS as soon as possible, said health ministry officials.

Since the outbreak of the disease, the Ministry of Health has received over 20 million yuan (2.4 million US dollars) of cash donation as well as materials worth 50 million yuan (6 million US dollars), including drugs, medical facilities and vehicles.

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