Clown brings smiles to blood donors
BOREDOM naturally sets in while queuing up, in this case, at a blood donation drive at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort but Shahrizad Wahi Kamal, a clown, made sure that it would not happen.
Smiles were aplenty as Shahrizad, a 27-year-old deaf and mute, armed with a toy mi-crophone, took on the role of a TV reporter, ‘interviewing’ the blood donors.
Earlier, Shahrizad, who resides in Simpang, Taiping, said via hand signs that he had earlier donated a pint of blood too but decided to stay back to amuse the donors comprising staff members from the resort. The resort’s assistant public relations manager, Ai Leen Tan, was the interpreter.
“Shahrizad had never donated blood previously but agreed to do so after being en-couraged by his colleagues from our entertainment department,” said Ai Leen. Shahrizad also told Ai Leen that he would be able to hear things if he had a hea-ring aid but could not afford to buy the gadget costing over RM600. A total of 45 people, including 12 students of Bukit Merah Institute of Allied Science, donated their blood. Ai Leen said the campaign, involving mostly staff members of the resort, began two years ago.
