A COVID-19 kind of summer
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected holiday plans for Pharmacy students in many ways. Gone were the usual overseas summer school programmes and internship opportunities. While some took online courses to gain new learning experiences, others saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to give back to the nation. Alicia Goh and Eugene Tan were among the few students who volunteered with Ministry of Health (MOH). Their work focused mainly on ensuring that personnel under quarantine were well taken care off. This included constant monitoring of their health status, arranging conveyance to personnel who required medical attention and ensuring that the required swabs were conducted timely to allow for personnel to be cleared of the COVID-19 virus. Below, they share with us their motivations and reflections on the experience gained.