KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — Help in the time of the coronavirus can come in the most unexpected places.
Even from kinky cosplay retailers that specialise in disposal scrubs meant for role-playing in the bedroom.
British medical fetish store MedFetUK donated its entire stock of fetish medical scrubs to a National Health Service (NHS) hospital following a shortage of medical supplies due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The cosplay online retailer that sells medical grade equipment and accessories “for all your needle play, medical fetish and role-play supplies” announced on Twitter recently that it sent the scrubs to an unnamed hospital free of charge.
Today we donated our entire stock of disposable scrubs to an NHS hospital. It was just a few sets, because we don't carry large stocks, but they were desperate, so we sent them free of charge.
— MedFetUK (@MedFet_UK) March 27, 2020
We don't usually do politics on Twitter, but here's a short thread. [1/5] pic.twitter.com/Z4ygmGr99M
The company said it was contacted by NHS procurement representatives all over the country who were scrambling to source for basic protective equipment and clothing.
While the retailer usually refrains from discussing politics on social media, it condemned the shortage of medical supplies needed by NHS staff to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The virus has claimed 1,789 lives in the UK so far.
“When you see someone from the government saying the NHS is getting what it needs, that is a lie,” it said.
When we, a tiny company set up to serve a small section of the kink community, find ourselves being sought out as a last-resort supplier to our National Health Service in a time of crisis, something is seriously wrong. In fact, it's scandalous. [3/5]
— MedFetUK (@MedFet_UK) March 27, 2020
It added that hospitals reaching out to a cosplay shop was a reflection of the state-run healthcare system’s massive underfunding and cuts that prevented NHS hospitals from running efficiently.
Let's be under no illusions, this is the result of a decade of chronic underfunding and cuts which has left the NHS barely able to cope under normal circumstances, much less when faced with the onslaught of a global pandemic. It did not, and should not, have to be this way [4/5]
— MedFetUK (@MedFet_UK) March 27, 2020
So when it's all over...and the doctors, nurses and other staff have done an amazing job (as they undoubtedly will despite the circumstances)...let's not forget, or forgive, the ones who sent the NHS into this battle with inadequate armour and one hand tied behind its back. [End]
— MedFetUK (@MedFet_UK) March 27, 2020
The series of tweets received massive impressions on social media and was retweeted over 10,000 times, something MedFetUK said it wasn’t expecting.
“We appreciate the amazing response, but we are not heroes and we don’t deserve any special kudos.
“The real heroes are the NHS staff at every level who are on the front line of this fight,” it responded.
Some claimed the cosplay company’s generous gesture was fake news which prompted a response from the retailer.
A few have suggested this might be 'fake news'. It's not. The scrubs went to a hospital in southern England. We won't say where exactly because the last thing they need right now is to be drawn into this. Honestly, we wish it wasn't true, but it is.
— MedFetUK (@MedFet_UK) March 28, 2020
