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'I can die sitting at home' – retired nurse volunteers to return to service
CORONAVIRUS | When the time comes, death can come knocking on the door wherever a person is.
This was a former hospital matron's response when quizzed on her decision to volunteer to work again to battle the Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia.
"If I sit at home, I would still die when the time comes,” Biby Maideen, 68, told Malaysiakini.
“It is what you can do, even if it is a small help.
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