Ramadan: Muslim COVID patients fast, seek relief from pandemic

Mohammed Hussain Hyderabad:  The TRS Telangana govt is taking extra care to provide nutritious meal to Coronavirus positive persons belonging to Muslim community, during the holy month of Ramadan. Most of the suspected and positive patients in the isolation centers have conveyed to the medical staff that they are determined to observe  Roza  (fasting).
Allowing them to fast at the Gandhi Hospital staff on the first day of Ramadan have, they provided  sehri  (pre-dawn meal) to patients willing to fast.
On a phone call interaction a patient from Covid-19 ward of Gandhi Hospital, the patient shared that in the ward which he was undergoing treatment. “There are 14 patients and yesterday night we have requested the doctors for fasting and not only agreed but also provided meals in the pre-dawn meal,” he added “Here in this ward along with me there is another fasting corona patient  alhamdulilah  (Praise the Lord)we are offering prayers five times and asking God to relieve the world of this pandemic,” a patient from the Corona ward added.
Over 48 Muslim patients at Gandhi Hospital are fasting, and even the suspected corona patients have also been doing so during treatment.    However, The Telangana government has directed the healthcare officials at the Gandhi Hospital (Nodal Center for Covid-19 patients), to ensure that the Muslims get balanced nutritious food for  sehri  and  iftar , so that they do not face any issues during treatment.