Mah Sing donates heavy-duty ventilators

KUALA LUMPUR: Property developer Mah Sing Group Bhd and its corporate responsibility arm Mah Sing Foundation (MSF) are donating 20 units of heavy-duty critical-care ventilators worth RM3.9mil to the National Disaster Management Agency to be distributed to frontline hospitals.

“We learned of the shortage of ventilators, especially heavy-duty ventilators in critical care units. Therefore, we sourced for suitable equipment and are contributing these 20 units,” said Mah Sing

Group managing director and founder Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum (pic).

“Our frontliners are keeping us safe by putting their lives on the line. They need equipment like ventilators, personal protection equipment (PPE) and masks to help them do their work.

“Mah Sing will continue to work hand in hand with the government and other relevant bodies. We urge all corporates to play a part to limit Covid-19’s spread and impact.”

Leong said we could learn from other countries to manage potential imported cases of Covid-19, such as Hong Kong which mandates the use of an electronic tag or Singapore which requires location reporting via smartphones.

“Singapore is also placing residents returning from the US and the UK in hotels to prevent them from potentially spreading the virus to their families,” he said.

“We also hope that unregistered foreign workers and their families can come forward to get themselves tested for Covid-19 without fear.

“Perhaps the government could encourage employers to send their foreign workers who show symptoms for testing without penalising the employers for unregistered foreign workers. This will help to flatten the curve.”

Earlier in the year, Mah Sing Foundation contributed RM100,000 worth of medical supplies to medical institutions in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

This was in collaboration with Malaysian relief organisation #OpsHarapan.