Superhero scrubs made for Alnwick Medical Group by Bailiffgate Museum volunteers
and live on Freeview channel 276
Using donated materials, the Sewing B’s of Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery turned their hand to making washable, comfortable, stylish scrubs for the health care professionals.
Each set of scrubs has its own drawstring washbag so the contaminated scrubs aren’t touched again at home but go straight into the washing machine.
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Hide AdHilary Waugh, coordinating the Sewing B’s, said: “I am so grateful for what the NHS is doing and I wanted to find a way to help out.
“Our small team of seamstresses and tailors at Bailiffgate make all the replica clothing for our exhibitions so we wanted to use those skills to help fight coronavirus.
“Other local scrub hubs already have plenty of volunteers so we contacted our local GP practice who bit our hands off for washable scrubs to use in the community.”
Tony Brown, managing partner at Alnwick Medical Group, said: “We are over the moon to get these scrubs which look fabulous and are comfortable and hard-wearing. The washbags make them a useful and safe part of our PPE armoury to use now against Covid-19 and in the future against flu and other viruses.
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Hide Ad“My favourite so far is the Superhero Scrubs outfit – one of our doctors has a weekly paediatric session in North Tyneside and I can see it going down well with the children there!
“This is a great boost to morale to know that volunteers at Bailiffgate and in the local community are so supportive.”