With record infection rates recorded in Corona … Indian Muslims are converting mosques and religious schools to care for the sick

With the number of daily coronavirus infections in India rising to record levels, Muslims in several parts of the country have turned mosques and religious schools into care centers to help the sick.

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But amidst crisis and chaos, Islamic organizations are stepping in to help patients during the holy month of Ramadan.

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The director of the institute, Mufti Aref Abbas, told Anadolu Agency via a phone conversation, “Cases are increasing rapidly and the need for hospital beds has become huge, so we decided to open the facility to help people.”

“The institute has been operating since last week, and was able to provide treatment to a large number of injured people,” he added.

Also in Vadodara, part of the Jahangir Bora Mosque has been converted into a care center for Corona trauma.

Irfan Sheikh, a member of the mosque committee, explained that the mosque administration has appointed doctors to run the 50-bed center, which is equipped with oxygen supplies, highlighting that “the situation forced us to take this step.”

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Lack of oxygen

In the capital, New Delhi, where hospitals are facing acute shortages of oxygen, several clerics have announced the establishment of isolation centers for patients.

Besides these centers, Muslim groups in India have also started providing telephone helplines. To direct the public to obtain the family and the oxygen supply.

“A week ago, we set up a relief team, and in the control room in New Delhi, 30 people are working around the clock to help patients,” Musab Qazi, a spokesman for the Islamic Students Organization in India, the student wing of the Indian Islamic Group, told Anadolu Agency. Advertising

He stressed that the relief team is working to help the injured to obtain beds, oxygen supplies, and the anti-virus drug “Remdesivir”.

Meanwhile, the Indian government revealed, on Friday, that it had begun importing the drug “remdesivir” to alleviate the shortage in the country, as it is used to treat Corona injuries, and is highly sought after throughout the country.

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Free oxygen

Many individuals and groups have started providing free oxygen cylinders to patients in various parts of the country.

In the western state of Maharashtra, which is the most affected by the epidemic, the pioneers of social networking sites praised a resident named Shahnawaz Sheikh, for the efforts of his foundation, which was at the forefront to provide assistance to Corona patients.

Sheikh said that his foundation provides assistance to people by providing hospital beds and oxygen supplies as well, adding that “the number of requests for assistance recently exceeded 500 calls per day.”

Civil society representatives also urged Islamic groups in the country to open more schools and other centers for patients in need.

As of Friday afternoon, the number of Corona patients in India had exceeded 18.7 million, of whom more than 208,000 died, according to the “World Meter” website.