As we all know, the COVID-19 situation in our country is rapidly changing from bad to worse, hence the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO).

Supplies for essential items such as face masks, hand sanitisers, and anything related to that are running low throughout the country.

Being able to buy them now is considered a luxury, especially after some online sellers are selling it at crazy, fluctuated prices.

But the worst part about this situation is that there are some irresponsible Malaysians who obtained these essentials in the worst way ever – stealing them from hospitals.

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Please #stayhome .. and if by any chance you had to be at the hosp... pls dont tapau bottles of sanitizer from hospital. We need it.. to make it worse, you even post it on social media. That is just plain selfish and silly.. One the other hand, I sent my photo in Tyvex suit to my husband.. and he said one thing every women want to hear... "you look slim!!!" ?????????????? (Dont worry, I know I wasnt!!) but he scored big time keeping his woman happy ?
A post shared by Dr Halina Mohd Yunos (@drhalina) on Mar 19, 2020 at 6:45am PDT

What the hell?? Serius la.. Time macam ni la visitors ambil kesempatan. Fcking selfish people pic.twitter.com/NpgkLqdJy5
— NMAH (@nmahakimi) March 18, 2020

Outpour of anger

Over the past few days, healthcare workers have shared, on social media, cases of sanitisers going ‘missing’.

Netizens were angered when they found about this and lamented that the healthcare workers are the ones who need them the most as they are most at risk.

As if these incidents are not bad enough, some of the perpetrators brazenly posted and admitted to taking these items home with them.

Jenis macam ni pun kita kena basmi. #PencuriSanitizer pic.twitter.com/DOVgb5IpbO
— FM (@fitrimokh) March 22, 2020

Anda tau, banyak sanitiser kami di hospital dicuri pesakit & pelawat. Harta rakyat & kerajaan. Bukan milik peribadi anda!Adakah anda fikir sanitiser yang bukan hak anda akan melindungi anda drpd COVID19? https://t.co/jVROkqIrsx
— Dr. Mahyuddin (@DrMahyuddin) March 19, 2020

Wifey works in hospital. Said hand sanitizer dh critical. Bnyk kena curi dek patients. Apparently some people x pike dosa. Dosa mencuri + dosa membunuh indirectly.
— zwild86 (@zwild861) March 21, 2020

My SIL is now 8/9 month pregnant and is a front liner at hosp putrajaya. Bila tengok ramai yang masih berdegil, tambahan lagi sekarang, yang curi hand sanitizer n mask. Thinking about her makes me sad. Are you satisfied now people? 1st world infrastructure, 3rd world mentality.
— YB Ihsan Sb (@ihsannsb) March 19, 2020

Luckily, the Health Ministry has announced that visitors are no longer allowed to visit patients (except emergency cases) following the MCO.

With that, we hope that our healthcare frontliners won’t face such situations again.

To healthcare workers across Malaysia, we thank you for all that you’ve done and sacrificed for the country. You are our heroes!

Netizens, Healthcare Workers Angry After Malaysians ‘Stole’ Sanitisers And Masks From Hospitals

Outpour of anger