Renowned designer Asim Jofa, who stepped forward to help the government procure protective suits, has delivered the first batch of protective suits to the team of Dr Seemin Jamali at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center (JPMC).
The designer shared the announcement on social media along with a slideshow of his team delivering the suits to the hospital and Dr Seemin inspecting them.
Jofa on March 28 had announced that he and his team have taken the “initiative to contribute to society and play our part in helping our front liners win this fight against coronavirus.” He said that his company had started working on stitching protective gear for doctors and medical staff to wear for their safety.
The designer shared updates throughout the process.
The designer asserted that he and his team stand with the nation and the Government of Pakistan in these testing times.
In an interview with a daily publication, Asim shared that he got the idea about producing these suits after he read a story on Bloomberg about how there was a shortage of PPE in Italy and Spain.
“It got me thinking about the situation in my own country,” he says.
Jofa has produced two types of PPE: fawn and white coloured ones. The fawn-coloured suits are for the use of doctors working in wards and the white ones are for doctors working in intensive care units or the special isolation wards. The designer explained that the white suits have 3M layering, making them able to be washed and reused up to 15 times while the fawn ones are only for five-time use.
Jofa’s initiative prompted other designers including Maheen Khan and Deepak Perwani to do the same and help produce PPE for healthcare workers who are putting their lives on the line to combat the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Deepak Perwani also shared the first look of the washable/reusable and disposable suits he has made.
There is a dire shortage of protective medical gear in the country and across the world and designers all over the world from Louis Vuitton to Ralph Lauren are stepping up to meet the demand.
