Doctors and nurses at Mbagathi Hospital ,Nairobi who are in the frontline fighting the novel Covid -19 pandemic were served lunch courtesy of Hillpark Hotel, Nairobi.

Close to 80 members of staff who work at the facility that was among the first to admit Covid-19 positive patients in the country benefited from the gesture.

''We wish to offer our support to these gallant men and women who have put their lives at risk as they go about their daily work in ensuring that all those who are admitted at the facility get the best treatment there is ,'' Hillpark Hotel General Manager, Mr Joseph Ndunda said.

On hand to receive the food donation was the chairman of the Mbagathi Hospital Management Board, Mr Frederick George Osewe who thanked Hillpark Hotel for the gesture.

''We salute the entire management of Hillpark Hotel for this very timely gesture. Thank you for remembering us here. We have stayed committed to our cause all since through this pandemic hit our beautiful motherland.We hope other many more stakeholders will follow suit and offer any possible help to boost staff morale,'' Osewe said.

Ndunda said that his hotel is one of those designated by the Ministry of Health  as a quarantine facility  and hosted its first batch of those who returned from abroad from March 23rd to April 7th,2020. All those who stayed with us turned negative including staff members.

The GM said that Hillpark Hotel management did a lockdown of its premises from March 20th, 2020  and had all its staff who were offering services to guests brought in as part of government quarantine accomodated inside the hotel.

''Our staff members are now well versed with the Ministry of Health standard guidelines in the control of Covid-19,'' he said.