Photos of healthcare workers from one city in the Philippines trended online, as they posed donning "Money Heist"- inspired Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits at Western Visayas Medical Center, Iloilo City, Sunday.
The suits which were inspired by the hit Neftflix series was designed by Filipino-designer Ram Silva, a native of the city and donated the red hazmat suits to WVMC.
Frontliners from the hospital's Internal Medicine Department wore the suits and matched it with "Salvador Dali" masks in order to complete their "La Casa de Papel"-inspired looks to match the iconic red jumpsuits and masks worn by the robbers in the hit series.
Silva posted the pictures just a few days after season 4 of the series was released on Netflix, last Friday.
In an interview with the filipino news outlet, Interaksyon, Silva said that he designed the PPEs in order to provide positivity amid the chaos that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought.
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Iloilo's Colorful PPEs bring positivity while protecting frontliners from COVID-19
Aside from Silva's creation, there are also other PPEs in Iloilo City Philippines which brought positivity amidst the coronavirus crisis, as well as equipped the frontliners with protection and armor to battle the disease.
With the scarcity in protective equipment for the frontliners being rampant in the Philippines, designers from the country's City of Love stepped-up and showed the true resourcefulness by making creative PPEs that brought hope in the midst of these trying times.
Adrian Pe, an operating room nurse in one of the hospitals in Iloilo who had a passion for designing took initiative and made hazmat suits for his fellow healthcare workers with a help of his friend who donated 100 meters of fabric which he used in making the suits.
Pe's suits also caught the attention of everyone as they were very colorful and resembled the characters of classic cartoon characters from the children show Teletubbies.
Frontliners from Iloilo City in Teletubbies-inspired hazmat suits
Some healthcare workers in Iloilo also posed and posted their photos in social media wearing different colored hazmat suits which were designed by local designers from the city.
Here are some of the photos:
Black Panther - inspired
Frontliners from Iloilo City in Black Panter-inspired hazmat suits
Star Wars - inspired
Frontliners in Iloilo wearing Star Wars-themed hazmat suits
Power Rangers - inspired
Frontliners in Iloilo wearing Power Rangers-themed hazmat suits
COVID-19 Frontliners in Pink
COVID-19 Frontliners in Iloilo wearing Pink.
COVID-19 Frontliners in Blue
Frontliners in Blue
The city has previously received praises in their response and efforts concerning the coronavirus pandemic. There have been previous news of people making do-it-youself face shields and masks to donate to the frontliners.
Aside from the PPEs, chemists from universities in Iloilo have also been responding to the lack of alcohol in the country by making their own alcohol and distributing it to the hospitals.
Despite the threat of the coronavirus bringing devastation all around the world and causing problems, Filipinos, this time Ilonggos, in particular, have gone out of their way to not only help the frontliners in battling this crisis but also spread hope and positivity.
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