A RESEARCH institution has devoted itself to manufacturing hand sanitiser for nurses during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Materials Processing Institute, based in Middlesbrough, will be producing bottles of free hand sanitiser for the region’s Marie Curie Nurses for the remainder of the crisis.
Known for its research in the fields of advanced materials, low carbon energy and digital technologies - the Institute has established a specialist team to create the hand sanitiser, and has turned one of the laboratories at its Teesside campus into a production centre.
The aim is to produce one free bottle a week to all 175 Marie Curie Nurses in the North East region, who care for the terminally ill in homes and hospices from York to Tyneside.
Mandy Wilkinson, Manager for Marie Curie’s Nursing Service in the North East said: “Around the clock our nurses give vital support to dying people and their families, which is epically essential now.
"The Institute has aided us in providing this support and we are very grateful.”
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