Kota Kinabalu: Telekom Malaysia (TM) Bhd hopes to provide assistance to patients and staff at select hospitals and quarantine centres around the State as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility programme.
TM (Sabah) Customer Experience Head Abdul Hadi Bin Hashim said the firm was drawing of up a list of such establishments, especially those in remote locations, as targets for this aid.
“We are in the process of identifying what is needed at these medical facilities,” he said.
“This will enable us to try to work out how best to help according to our budgetary constraints.”
Hadi said TM began this initiative earlier this week by sponsoring a 100 MBPS Internet service for the Tawau Hospital and providing the one in Ranau with two water heaters.
The latter were among almost RM2,500 worth of items, including 50 cartons of mineral water and 200 packs of dried food stuff, which were presented to the Ranau Hospital.
“It came to our attention that many of those at the Ranau Hospital were forced to bathe with cold water as hot showers were only possible in a few bathrooms.
“Given as how the surroundings are already quite cold, because of the altitude at which the district is located, we decided that more of the patients should at least be able to enjoy the benefits of a hot bath.”
He said TM (Sabah) Regional Director Datuk Haji Mohd Sainal Bin Mohd Amin led the team which handed over the contributions to senior staff at the Ranau Hospital.
Hospital Director Dr Andi Md Shamsureezal expressed his appreciation on behalf of the staff and patients in Ranau, for the company’s donations.
“The additional heaters will come in handy as only one or two of our bathrooms are equipped to provide hot showers,” he said.
“Many of our front-line personnel have to wait their turn to sanitise themselves, after they finish their shifts, at these bathrooms. It’s either that or clean up using cold water.”
