TWO businesses have partnered with a local hospital to produce 8,000 gowns for the NHS in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

EIZO Limited and Lynda Yong have manufactured the scrubs to be delivered to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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The second floor of specialist monitor manufacturer, EIZO Limited, has been transformed into a temporary sewing workshop.

Today, they have started production with 25 sewers spaced at a social distance, sewing together PPE gowns.

The workshop space has been rented to the NHS and Lynda Yong for free.

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Colin Woodley, CEO of EIZO Limited, said: "The large, open plan 4,800 sqft floor, has allowed for a rapid fit-out of all machinery and supplies needed to prepare the space, ready for production today. We are grateful to our partners that have helped us develop this amazing space in under 4 days. EIZO Limited has a long history of working with the NHS and we are pleased to be supporting them now by manufacturing something as vital as PPE Gowns, helping to keep NHS staff and their patients safe"

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Callum Clark, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon who has been liaising and advising with the team at EIZO and Lynda on behalf of Frimley Health, added: "The local Scrubs Glorious Scrubs campaign that Lynda initiated was a fantastic demonstration of how much the community is willing to help the NHS at this time, and down to her connections and drive, she has been able to source this material suitable for the needed PPE gowns."

So far, EIZO has donated 1000 metres of fabric to help support the production of scrubs for those hospitals local to its UK Headquarters in Ascot.