Dr Te (third from left) and his team members handing over the medical supplies to Senior Assistant Director of Acquisitions, Asset & Development Puan Siti Hawani binti Hamidun (second from right) and the representatives of Selayang Hospital
A total of 9,000 pieces of medical surgical masks and more than 20 bottles of hand sanitizers, collected through donation under the collaborative efforts of the Chinese Medicine Task Force of Malaysia (COVID-19) and the Association of Graduates from Universities and Colleges of China, Malaysia were sent to Selayang Hospital on 2 April 2020.
The initiator of the Task Force Dr Te Kian Keong, who is also UTAR’s Head of Department of Chinese Medicine and Chairperson of Centre for Research in Traditional Chinese Medicine said, “Medical professionals require a huge supply of protective equipment because they are in direct contact with infected patients. As hospital supplies have dwindled, we hope our contribution could help to alleviate this issue and keep the pandemic at bay.”
He also said the current donation consists of medical surgical masks and sanitizers, but the team is working on getting another shipment of 500-kilogram medical supplies, including medical face shields, medical viral filters, forehead thermometers and other supplies.
Dr Te (left) and his team hope to provide aid and support to the hospital against the novel Coronavirus
The Chinese Medicine Task Force of Malaysia (COVID-19) was formed on 22 March 2020 to provide volunteering support and services during this virus pandemic. The three main objectives of the task force are to provide safety guidelines for TCM practitioner; to provide TCM-related information on Coronavirus for the public and to provide relevant assistance to medical professionals.
The task force has collaborated with the Association of Graduates from Universities and Colleges of China to raise donations on protective equipment and forward them to hospitals in need. The first batch of the medical supplies was sent to Selayang Hospital. More supplies will be received by the task force in the coming weeks.
Besides UTAR Department of Chinese Medicine and Alumni of Chinese Medicine, other associations involved in the donation activities are Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Expert Committee of Education Association between Malaysia and China; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Malaysia Alumni Association (BUCMMAA); School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen University Malaysia; Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce; The Association Of Graduates from Universities and Colleges of China, Malaysia; United Chinese School Committees' Association of Malaysia; The United Chinese School Teachers' Association of Malaysia; The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall; Association of Belt and Road Malaysia; Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia; The Association of Graduates from Tsinghua University Malaysia; TusStar-Malaysia; China Student Federation Malaysia; Malaysian Students Association in China; Huaqiao University Alumni Association of Malaysia; Jinan University Alumni Association of Malaysia; and GD EXPRESS Sdn Bhd.
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