KUALA LUMPUR \u2013 In the hopes of brightening our medical frontliners\u2019 long and stressful shifts, a one-year old startup thought of something special to help during the coronavirus pandemic: fresh coffee from self-service machines. These machines were delivered to the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang and Sungai Buloh Hospital providing fresh coffee to frontliners for free.<\/p>\n
The coffee machines were successfully put into operation since 14 April and have served more than 12,000 cups of fresh coffee to the frontliners. The coffee from these coffee machines are not only freshly brewed but also safe \u2013 the machine is unmanned and
works with no human-to-human contact.<\/p>\n
The unmanned \u201cCoffee ATM\u201d as it formally called is a completely automated machine. After user selected drink on the touchscreen panel, a sequence of steps runs entirely automatically, from cup selection to coffee brewing to dispensing. This process without human intervention or distancing as opposed to traditional barista machines.<\/p>\n
It started after being transformed into a quarantine and treatment centre for 600 patients, MAEPS as a caring host for wanting to do extra and showing a small act of kindness to our frontliners \u2013 they have met incredibly generous small businesses who have made their dreams a reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur frontliners who are courageously and selflessly serving the nation in the coronavirus crisis represent the best of who we are,\u201d said MAEPS Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Zaidi Shahrim. \u201cWe are honoured to support this initiative by partnering, Coffee Star, to provide the heroes in our communities fresh coffees to recharge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are immensely grateful to our health care heroes for the dedication they demonstrate every day to help our city heal, and while no words or acts are sufficient to express the depth of our gratitude, we’d like to show them our thanks through this small act of kindness,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n
During this crisis, we have seen so many examples of frontliners working around the clock in the most challenging circumstances, sacrificing their family time during Ramadan and Hari Raya for the greater good to keep our communities safe. A cup of fresh coffee is not only a useful and refreshing drink for medical staff but also lends a sense of spiritual warmth.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Dr Kuldip Kaur A\/P Prem Singh, Sungai Buloh Hospital Director said the fresh coffee donation will be a welcomed relief for the hundreds of medical staff in our hospital enduring long hours under challenging circumstances. \u201cWe are in uncharted territory, we are so thankful for this kind of compassion and caring initiative, it has never been more welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these trying times, it can be comforting to know that we\u2019re in this together, and hope that this campaign inspires others to give back in any way they can and remember that even the smallest acts of kindness can have a significant impact\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n
According to Coffee Enthusiastic Officer (CEO) of Coffee Star Malaysia, Raja Ahmad Fauzan bin Raja Hassan. \u201cWe have tremendous admiration for all of the frontliners fighting in this unprecedented time. When we heard that they needed an energy booster to help them through their long days, we were eager to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe experience the impact of coronavirus directly throughout our business locations in airports, shopping malls and office towers. So, we are redeploying our machines from those locations and utilised for a greater good to serve fresh, free coffee to the frontliners. The machine serves fresh coffee on-demand at the right moment they need it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are honoured to extend our Coffee ATM machines for their usage during this crucial time. Our frontliners have been our nation\u2019s heroes through this pandemic; we are humbled by their service and simply trying to do what we can to provide comfort to them during this time,” he said.<\/p>\n
During that time we have seen the sacrifices made by our frontliners and now as they battle harder than ever before to keep us safe at home, this initiative is indicating how much we appreciate them, by trying to make their shifts a little brighter. We hope this small act of kindness will help our frontlines be motivated when we need them the most.<\/p>\n
While we can never express the depth of our gratitude, we wanted to offer our sincere thanks for all the caregivers who are working tirelessly on the frontlines and hopefully our fresh coffee could make their days a little brighter. They are truly our heroes.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KUALA LUMPUR \u2013 In the hopes of brightening our medical frontliners\u2019 long and stressful shifts, a one-year old startup thought of something special to help during the coronavirus pandemic: fresh coffee from self-service machines. These machines were delivered to the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang and Sungai Buloh Hospital providing fresh coffee to frontliners for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3607,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions\/3607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}