Covid-19: ‘Battle against raging pandemic felt like a different lifetime’


Stronger together: Frontline healthcare workers who served together during the pandemic were bound by a sense of camaraderie and patriotism, said Dr Thum.

PETALING JAYA: It may have been four years since Covid-19 hit Malaysian shores. Yet, memories of toiling in hospitals and saving lives are still fresh in the minds of medical frontliners.

Dr Sean Thum said he was called to serve five days before the movement control order (MCO) was enforced on March 18, 2020.

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