Church cares for pandemic-hit poor in eastern India
Regardless of ethnicity or faith, the Archdiocese of Ranchi is feeding the disadvantaged
A free lunch distribution stall run by the Archdiocese of Ranchi outside the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Jharkhand s state capital Ranchi. (Photo supplied)
An archdiocese in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has launched a free lunch service for relatives of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the state capital’s biggest hospital.
The Archdiocese of Ranchi started the humanitarian initiative on May 4 outside the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). More than 300 people receive a free lunch every day and the number will gradually increase in size, Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi told UCA News on May 5.
Catholic leaders urge India to deploy military to help with pandemic On: 4/27/2021, By , In: World .A health care worker wearing personal protective equipment walks past the bodies of COVID-19 victims prepared for a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi April 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters) .Health workers wearing personal protective equipment carry wood to prepare for a mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in New Delhi April 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters) .A man runs past flames during a mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in New Delhi April 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters)
India’s hospitals overrun, government blamed as pandemic surges Health workers wearing personal protective equipment carry wood to prepare for a mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in New Delhi on April 26. CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters India’s hospitals overrun, government blamed as pandemic surges By Catholic News Service April 28, 2021
THRISSUR, India Catholic hospital directors in India say they do not have enough facilities to treat patients as India sets records for the number of COVID-19 deaths numbers many people believe were underreported.
“The situation is very bad. No beds available anywhere in the hospital. Patients are on the corridors and many are dying because no beds, no oxygen,” Fr. P.A. George, director of the Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi, told CNS.
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A woman who had been waiting overnight for her turn to get an oxygen cylinder refilled for her mother reacts after she was informed about her mother’s death in New Delhi April 28, 2021. (Photo: CNS/Adnan Abidi, Reuters)
NEW DELHI (CNS) As COVID-19 continues to claim thousands of lives daily in India, some Catholic leaders have called on the federal government to deploy the military to deal with the crisis before it worsens.
“The second wave of COVID-19 is surely a national calamity, and the entire nation is struggling as thousands are dying and hundreds of thousands are getting infected daily,” said Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi, former secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India.
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