AS Roma announced today that its players and coaches have donated more than $200,000 to a hospital in need of medical supplies.
Part of the money will immediately be used to order three intensive care ventilators, five pulmonary ventilators for sub-intensive care and eight intensive care beds for the Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital in Rome. The funds comprise one day's salary out of each first-team player and coach's paycheck.
The Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital has been at the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis in Italy. The nation has 41,035 confirmed cases and the death toll has reached 3,405.