Together, We Support Health Workers
Various community groups in the country were moved to help the health workers in various ways. Solidarity further strengthens the struggle to overcome this pandemic.
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Health workers (left) from the Banten Provincial Health Office, conducted a free Covid-19 rapid test to a trader in Bengkok Market, Pinang District, Tangerang City, Tuesday (21/4/2020).
The story of doctors and nurses who were sick and even died after contracting the new coronavirus while treating COVID-19 patients has touched the hearts of the people. Various community groups in the country were moved to help the health workers in various ways. Solidarity further strengthens the struggle to overcome this pandemic.
The movement of volunteers from the School of Industrial Engineering (FTI) of the Indonesian Muslim University (UMI), Makassar, South Sulawesi, is one of the examples. The movement began after they saw health workers at the community health center (Puskesmas) in the city wearing only modest protective clothing, raincoats and even without personal protective equipment (PPE). While conducting an examination of the patients, they are quite vulnerable to be infected with the new coronavirus. The volunteers took pictures of the medical workers and then shared their photos on social media.