KOTA KINABALU: Osimal Foundation continued to support the needs of Sabah’s frontline medical workers bringing in more supplies for hospitals statewide.

The foundation sent some 2,700 pieces of N95 facemasks from South Korea and China, 6,850 pairs of boot covers, and 3,000 three-ply face masks to be stored at Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang before they are distributed to hospitals across the state.

Osimal Foundation chairman Tan Sri Richard Malanjun said that over RM350,000 worth of 3,000 personal protection suits, 5,000 face shields as well as N95 facemasks will be brought in next week, at the latest.

He said the biggest contributor for the masks were Kuala Lumpur based international insurance company MCIS, a member of the Sanlam Group based South Africa.

“MCIS is donating RM320,000 of the RM359,00 to help purchase the PPEs, face shields and boot covers,” he said, adding that the foundation would cover the rest of the cost through other donors.

He said that the foundation has been getting help from ordinary people and businesses who have donated large sums to help ease the challenges faced by the frontliners.

“We are so thankful to them all. We will continue to assist in helping our frontliners,” said Malanjun, the former Malaysian chief justice.

On April 3, Osimal together with Johor based Datuk Chua Song Lim and Datin Koh Said Eng Foundation helped source some 10,000 Covid-19 testing reagent kits from Singapore as stocks for the reagents had nearly run out in Sabah.

The state government also contributed to the purchase of the reagents worth US$200,000 (about RM900,000).

Source: The Star