PETALING JAYA: A non-governmental organisation has stepped forward to help frontliners fight Covid-19 by donating seven ventilators worth RM800, 000 to Hospital Selayang’s intensive care unit.

       Elite Community Organisation, through its advisers Datuk Seri Eric Chia YY and his wife Datin Seri Joanne, handed over the machines to the hospital in a brief ceremony on Wednesday.

       Vital machines: Chia receiving a certificate of appreciation from Dr Tengku Intan Norleen after giving the ventilators at Hospital Selayang.

       “I cannot make the number of Covid-19 cases come down, but at least I can help save more lives, ” Chia said in a statement.

       Hospital Selayang deputy director Dr Tengku Intan Norleen Tengku Sharif and head of anaesthesiology department Dr Haslinda Abd Hashim received the life-saving medical equipment on behalf of the hospital.

       The ventilators consist of two different models with distinct features and usage.

       The Elisa 500 can be used in the intensive care unit (ICU), emergency department or during in-hospital transport while the Elisa 600 ventilator – an ultra-premium class ventilator – provides respiratory support for invasive and non-invasive conditions in the ICU.

       The ventilators are valued at RM112, 000 and RM117, 000 each.

       In 2020, Elite’s volunteers helped to sew more than 6, 000 pieces of personal protective equipment for Hospital Kuala Lumpur personnel.

       Elite had also provided food aid and face masks to the under-served community in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

       The NGO, which started in 2016, was also involved in sustainable development programmes in communities in Sabah, Sarawak, Perak, Pahang and Kelantan prior to the pandemic.