Bosch partners Sunway Medical Centre Velocity to
promote mental wellness among frontliners
Empathising with frontline healthcare workers, whose workload significantly increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bosch launched “Project Well-being Haven” in partnership with Sunway Medical Centre Velocity (SMCV).
Well-being Haven is an experience-based project aiming to improve the work environment of healthcare workers by providing them with an appropriate recovery area, equipped with Bosch technology and solutions.
The interest in more adequate resting spaces was expressed in a survey conducted by Bosch among almost 2,000 healthcare workers in Malaysia. Answering to this need, Bosch piloted the project by transforming SMCV’s existing lounge into a space that feels welcoming, calming, and is conducive for rest and recuperation.
“It has been six months since Malaysia entered the endemic phase. Be it endemic or pandemic, healthcare workers are undeniably one of the most challenging professions with high time pressure and stress. A good environment that enables these unsung heroes a quality break is therefore invaluable. Through the redesign of SMCV’s doctors’ room, we hope to create a space that is reminiscent of one’s home – a space that brings warmth, comfort, and privacy to recuperate,” said Mr. Klaus Landhaeusser, managing director of Bosch Malaysia. According to Bosch findings, 82 percent of Malaysian healthcare workers confirm an increase of overtime and overnight shifts during the pandemic.
Constructed using Bosch power tools, the Well-being Haven space is equipped with an ergonomic kitchenette that includes a microwave, a built-in coffee machine, and a refrigerator from Bosch’s home appliances line, as well as the right ambience setting with music played straight from personal phones connected via Bluetooth through Electro-Voice’s Evolve speaker from Bosch Building Technologies. Malaysia’s top wellness technology provider Ogawa was also attracted to this meaningful project by sponsoring a unit of massage chair, which makes the room cosier.
“We are very grateful to Bosch for this meaningful collaboration. With the Well-being Haven, our doctors now have a space reminiscent of home where they are shielded away from the stress, able to rest and recharge before they resume seeing their patients or operations,” said Derrick Chan, chief executive officer of Sunway Medical Centre Velocity, adding that the Wellbeing Haven was launched in tandem with the hospital’s three year anniversary celebration.
The hospital offers comprehensive tertiary healthcare services with designed capacity of 234 beds, 62 consultant suites and six operating theatres. Its range of medical services include facilities and advanced medical technologies for outpatient and inpatient specialty care, health and wellness programmes and 24-hour emergency services.
