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Israel Hayom reported Friday.
Ibrahim Maher treated coronavirus patient Shlomo Galster, a Hasidic resident of northern Israel, for more than a month at the hospital. On Thursday morning, Galster’s family was told that his condition was deteriorating and they needed to say their goodbyes.
When medical workers in the COVID-19 unit realized it was unlikely that Galster’s family would arrive in time to recite the prayer before his death, Maher decided to recite the Hebrew prayer for him.
“I knew he was a religious man and it was important to him that his family pray with him,” Maher, who was raised Muslim, told