Healing touch: Dr Murallitharan administering the vaccine to an elderly villager in Taman Petaling Utama, Petaling Jaya.
WALKing across a narrow bridge with boxes of vaccines to inoculate people in remote settlements, and journeying for hours to reach the critically ill and elderly in villages are among the trials some medical frontliners are confronted with almost daily.
These are the demands of the job which the volunteer doctors, nurses and non-clinical staff from National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) take in their stride.
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Dr Murallitharan (left) and the NCSM team all geared up to head out to the outskirts as part of the Covid-19 vaccination outreach programme.
NCSM vaccination call centre workers are tasked with liaising with people in rural areas and the team on the ground to ensure that vaccines are dispensed smoothly.
The team from National Cancer Society dispensing vaccine at a factory in Hulu Langat.
A team arriving to vaccinate an elderly couple at a low-cost flats in Kuala Lumpur. The outreach programme started in July.
Medical student Jashodaa Suresh, 20, seen here with a family in Sabak Bernam, all of whom have been vaccinated. Jashodaa and her mother Dr Kasthoori Jayarani had volunteered their services for the programme.
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