India’s Christian hospitals, doctors in the forefront against coronavirus
Christian hospitals and healthcare centres in India have re-organized their wards, staff, and equipment to cooperate with the Indian government in addressing the Covid-19 challenge. The 5 medical colleges run by Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) members impart medical education and training in line with Catholic morals and ethics.
Over 1,000 hospitals and 60,000 inpatient beds guaranteed by India’s Christian institutes, hospitals and clinics are ready and equipped to provide medical care to the country’s Covid-19 patients, said Indian priest Father Mathew Abraham, President of the Cristian Coalition for Health (CCH).
“Christian communities in India are strongly and traditionally engaged in social works in the field of education, healthcare and assistance to the poor and needy,” said the Redemptorist priest, who is also the Director-General of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI).
Speaking to Vatican’s Fides news agency, he said that he sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25, expressing the solidarity of the CCH with the efforts of the nation and the government in facing the challenge of Covid-19.
The coalition offered all its facilities available in the country, where a 21-day complete lockdown is in place until (so far) April 14.
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