In an effort to give a helping hand to personnel working in the health sector, who are undergoing difficult times due to the Coronavirus, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Department of Visual Arts and Communication Design, who designed the “Medical Shield Project” was provided support in the form of materials by the “Cypriot Friends,” who are a group of individuals, majority of whom are the Turkish Cypriots, living in Turkey and mostly in Istanbul. Within the scope of the project, more ergonomic and practical medical shields were developed by the Department of Visual Arts and Communication Design, which started to work with the support of the Turkish Cypriot Physicians Union (TIP-İŞ) and the Ministry of Health of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to meet the increasing need for medical shields due to the epidemic. The medical shields that were tried by doctors in our country and have received final touches, displayed success by entering mass production in a short period of a week.
At the same time, “Team Ada” that is made up of EMU Engineering Faculty students, delivered to the Famagusta Public Hospital 205 personally designed and produced in a short period of time transparent face masks.
Faculty of Architecture provide Face Shields to Dentists
EMU Faculty of Architecture delivered its face shields to the TRNC Chamber of Dentists. EMU Faculty of Architecture Dean, Prof. Dr. Uğur Ulaş Dağlı said in a statement on the subject: “Although there are discussions surrounding mask and face shields, the protection of these have been accepted. Like many of our institutions, the EMU Faculty of Architecture has quickly produced face shields using materials that are easily available and suitable for sterilization, in line with the opinions and approvals of doctors. Our aim here is to distribute on a sectoral basis. In this sense, we determined that the people who have the closest contact with people are dentists, and thus we contacted the President of the TRNC Chamber of Dentists, Dr. Ahmet Özant. When Dr. Ahmet Özant emphasized that dentists have an urgent need, we delivered the first produced face masks to the Chamber of Dentists, so they may assist us in getting them to dentists. As the EMU Faculty of Architecture, we will continue to provide practical and quickly produced face masks to the sector.”
EMU Faculty of Architecture Dean Prof. Dr. Uğur Ulaş Dağlı continued her statement by adding: “We have also provided face masks to personnel who are delivering meals to the dormitories in our university. Our aim is to produce a large quantity of face masks to be used, that are quick and practical to produce. Finally, in a display of sensitivity, I would like to extend my thanks to producers of face masks. However I would like for them to test them for use more. I would also like to thank my faculty for their support in providing this form of production in such conditions.”
