Families 'need some sort of closure,' says Dr. Ee Tay, who organized the donations for her birthday.
Dr. Ee Tay knew she wanted to do something special to help others for her birthday this year.
“To have that support, and know that your family is near and thinking of you, I think that’s really important for recovery,” Tay tells PEOPLE. “And [to know] that you’re not alone or you’re not dying alone.” “Since you can’t have somebody physically being there, this is the next best thing,” she says. “Even though the patients can’t necessarily speak to the family members, the family members [can] perhaps bid them goodbye and [send] well wishes and words of comfort during that time.”Tay initially put the call for donations out to friends on Facebook, who soon helped her collect about 50 new and used iPads and Amazon Kindles, some of which were shipped directly to the hospitals.
Many people “rely on jobs currently that are not there, and they can’t pay their bills,” she tells PEOPLE. “A lot don’t have access to WiFi or a tablet. If they have an inability to have access to any of these devices, I am hoping the ones that I have collected from my network will be able to help and assist them.
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