By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW DELHI (BosNewsLife)-– Christian missionaries and church leaders already suffering persecution in several areas are among those dying of severe symptoms of COVID-19 raging in India, aid workers say.
News of their deaths came as footage emerged of crowds fighting over oxygen tanks in this mainly Hindu nation where years of neglect and corruption added to hospital difficulties. BosNewsLife also received dramatic footage of a rundown hospital in Guntur city, in India’s south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh. The hospital was overwhelmed with dead bodies in corridors and on beds.
“Please, please, please. Pray for my country as things worsen,” said David Paul, director of local Christian mission group Ruben Ministries who provided the video material. Paul told BosNewsLife that many Christians and others suffer in Andhra Pradesh where he is based.