LONDON, December 31 /PRNewswire/ -- International health and care group BUPA has given GBP100,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee and launched an internal fundraising campaign to support the relief of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Chief executive Val Gooding said that the fundraising campaign would involve the company’s 40,000 staff worldwide. She said: “Our deepest sympathies go out to all those suffering from the impact of the past week’s events. We have a business in Thailand and 11,000 BUPA members in the region, with customers in each of the countries affected. Also, many of the people working in our care homes have families in the region, many of whom are anxious to hear news of loved ones. We will be offering them all our assistance and support at this very distressing time.”
BUPA, which provides private health cover to two million people through local operations in Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, as well as to expatriates, is covering members needing medical attention and making sure they get home from the affected countries, regardless of what level of policy they have.
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Set up in 1947, BUPA is a broad-based health and care organisation with a growing international presence. It has more than seven million customers in 180 countries and 41,000 employees. Its main interests are health insurance, hospitals, care services for older people and young disabled, health assessments, workplace health and childcare services. It also provides recruitment services for healthcare professionals and has a network of nurseries for the children of working parents.
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