Sewing PPE gowns for HKL frontliners
Afif Abd Halim
Updated 3 years ago ·
Published on 7 Apr 2020 7:00AM ·
Medical staff at Kuala Lumpur Hospital are sewing personal protective equipment (PPE) gowns for their colleagues in the frontlines against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The hospital’s doctors and nurses have converted their library into a makeshift sewing room.
They are helped by volunteers from other departments who are not treating Covid-19 patients.
So far, they have been able to sew up to 400 pairs of PPE gowns a day. – April 7, 2020.
Medical staff at Kuala Lumpur Hospital who are not treating Covid-19 patient have converted the library into a sewing room, making PPE gowns for their colleagues in the frontlines. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
PPE gowns are one of the vital protection tools for medical workers who are treating or screening Covid-19 patients. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
Frontline health workers have to don layers of protection gear to keep themselves safe from Covid-19. They have also been receiving appreciation from many Malaysians who offered the frontliners temporary places to stay, babysitting services and hot meals. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
Kuala Lumpur Hospital library head Noraida Daud is pitching in as she joins her colleagues sewing PPE gowns for the frontline workers. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
Those who are not treating Covid-19 patients are at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital library are putting their sewing skills to work. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
The Kuala Lumpur Hospital staff are able to put together 400 pairs of PPE gowns a day. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
Doctors and nurses at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital have converted their library into a temporary sewing room as they try to put together PPE gowns for their colleagues. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
A doctor volunteering her time to sew PPE gowns at the hospital library. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
Nurses are setting up a sewing machine to help put together more PPE gowns at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital library. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, April 7, 2020.
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