'We intend to stick it out with them': Volunteers write notes, send food to healthcare workers fighting COVID-19

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SINGAPORE: Pockets of people in the local community are reaching out to healthcare workers - on the frontline of Singapore's fight against the ...

Among them are notes written by groups from schools like Crest Secondary School and Serangoon Secondary School, as well as non-profit organisations like Our Better World."There are many drawings because kids love to draw. They're quite cute," said Mr Tham.But he pointed out that while the notes help to encourage Singapore's healthcare workers, the initiative is ultimately aimed at addressing public anxiety.

“I read about how an ambulance driver was turned away by a stall owner when he went to buy lunch, and how nurses are shunned on the MRT and public buses. It made me heartsick,” she told CNA. On Wednesday, healthcare workers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and NUH received 400 bento boxes sponsored by property and investment firm Mapletree.

Far East Organisation told CNA it will be sending 200 packets of food to NUH and Tan Tock Seng Hospital each day from Feb 24 to Feb 28. The foundation has received funding requests to cover additional manpower costs for home visits for needy seniors and to distribute food to needy families, but it will also adapt the use of the fund to evolving needs.

 

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