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KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Malaysia Airports Bhd (MAHB) has donated 2,000 comfort kits to front liners at Hospital Sungai Buloh to show solidarity with the nation in fighting against Covid-19.  

The #MYAirportCARES comfort kits containing sleeping bags, toiletries and chocolates were delivered to the hospital on April 10, MAHB said in a statement today. 

“As the airport operator, we are also front liners,” said MAHB group chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh. “On a daily basis, our staff are on the ground, facilitating efforts by the government to screen incoming passengers and send them for quarantine.” 

"So, we would like to show support to other front liners by contributing to their wellbeing. It is also our gesture of thanks for their tireless sacrifice,” he added. 

MAHB said Hospital Sungai Buloh was chosen to receive the comfort kits, as it is the main hospital handling the pandemic for the country, and also the designated reference hospital for passengers passing through KL International Airport who have to go for further treatment. 

Meanwhile, the airport operator said it is also distributing the same kits to passengers who are stranded in the airport due to the restrictions imposed by the movement control order (MCO) and lack of connecting flights, as many airlines have cancelled flights. 

“As a caring host, the least we can do is try to make their time at the airport a little more comfortable, while we work closely with Wisma Putra and their respective embassies to help them,” said Mohd Shukrie. 

MAHB said it is also providing 500 #MYAirportCARES cheer packages containing chocolate snacks, courtesy of Eraman Malaysia, the country’s largest airport travel retail and duty-free brand, for the front liners at Hospital Queen Elizabeth in Kota Kinabalu.

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