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DIY PPE for Malaysian frontliners by a group of complete strangers

BY ALISHA NUR MOHD NOOR  newsdesk@thesundaily.com  PETALING JAYA: Social media has brought strangers together for a noble cause that has now helped many frontliners keep safe from Covid-19. Aida Syaheera, 22, who just graduated last year and received her nurse’s license this January, recently put her career on hold to tend to her mother suffering from diabetes with an open wound. Together with her family, they decided to make personal protective equipment (PPE) for a local hospital in Shah Alam. In between caring for mum, she has been busy measuring, cutting and sewing, putting materials together to make the suits. Her initiative began when her aunt, an employee of the Shah Alam Hospital, asked for her help to make the suits when the hospital started to receive Covid-19 cases. “My aunt told me the hospital is in dire of PPE suits which were running low in stock. Since I was home caring for my mother, I agreed to help her. “Many have come forward to help since then,“ she told theSun yesterday. Aida’s uncle also volunteered to become a “runner”. He helps to send the completed PPE suits to the hospital despite working full -time as a food delivery rider,“ she added. She said after her aunt’s post on Facebook asking for help, went viral, she has received many donations comprising disposable gloves, masks and materials for the PPE. The viral post caught the attention of a lecturer, Dr Rose Dahlina Rusli from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam and the birth of a partnership. From making 100 pieces of PPE suits, Aida and a team of nine lecturers from the university’s Faculty of Art and Design school were soon churning out double the amount. “More volunteers have come on-board,“ she added. Rose told theSun yesterday that they have made 2,000 suits with the help of 56 other volunteers and have successfully delivered these to many hospitals in Trengganu, Kedah, Perak, Seremban and Johor. “I had the idea to produce PPE suits for healthcare workers earlier on after seeing a video on social media showing how nurses made their own suits. And since stumbling across Aida’s aunt’s post ... We took it from there,” Rose informs. According to Rose, her team is in charge of measuring and cutting the cloth. She and her team have since cut material for some 4,000 suits, sent to the team handling the sewing. “We are all volunteers. We start ‘work’ from 10 am to 3 pm with the permission of the university,“ she said. Rose said in times like these, it’s clear that actions speak louder than words. She says the initiative has given the full-time lecturer of 20 years a chance to put her skills to good use to help the country fighting the Covid-19. On top of having to conduct online classes and other duties to fulfill her vocation as a lecturer, Rose also has responsibilities as a mother to her children. But she manages them all, somehow. “They (frontliners) need our help,“ she said. To Aida, Rose is an inspiration. “She inspires me to do more than just being a daughter. She has influenced me to play my role as a citizen and help out other fellow Malaysians in need,” Aida shares.