KUCHING: Yaw Teck Seng Foundation of the Samling Group has donated more medical supplies to assist frontliners in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
Its latest donations included two Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machines, one autoclave steriliser, one RNA extractor and two invasive ventilators.
The foundtion also donated 50,000 surgical masks, 100 forehead thermometers and 5,000 protective bodysuits.
Meanwhile, the ventilators and one PCR machine are currently en-route from overseas and will be arriving by the middle of this month.
State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was present to witness the handover of the contributions from a director of the foundation, Datuk Seri JC Fong to SGH director Dr Ngian Hie Ung.
The ceremony took place at the old State Legislative Assembly (DUN) building in Petrajaya yesterday.
Also present were Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian and State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing.
According to Fong, the Yaw Teck Seng Foundation wants to support medical institutions in Sarawak during this challenging time.
“It has always been the foundation’s mission to assist and do everything possible within its means to help the state government and the communities in need,” he said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the Samling Group of Companies said it was critical for medical facilities to be well equipped in order to facilitate the identification of infected persons as early as possible during the early stages of infection so that they could be isolated and treated accordingly.
“Such capabilities to diagnose the virus will require a molecular biology laboratory with PCR testing equipment.
“Currently, SGH has PCR equipment for such diagnoses. However, due to the worrying number of suspected cases in Kuching and its surrounding districts, additional testing equipment is very much required in order to diagnose and detect cases earlier,” it said
