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India s Covid warriors: Volunteers perform last rites, give dignity to unclaimed victims
Linah Baliga/Mumbai
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Covid-19 is a lonely disease, where last rites have become a tragic, solitary affair.
At times, families who have lost their loved ones to the contagion are reluctant to perform the final rites and even refuse to claim the bodies of their kin.
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That s where Iqbal Ismail Mamdani s team of 20 men come in, treating these unclaimed Covid-19 bodies as more than a name tag, a body bag or a cadaver, and giving them a dignified farewell.
The worst of times have brought out the best among people, as these unsung heroes quietly perform last rites without compromising on rituals, such as the faith of the deceased.
Angels of Mumbai: Samaritans who kept humanity alive amid pandemic
Iqbal Mamdani, a task force member and former journalist, along with other group members, tied up with the civic-run hospitals, which were treating patients at the COVID-19 care centres, and ambulances to carry the bodies of corona patients.
At a time when people, for various reasons, were unable to perform the last rites of their loved ones, who had succumbed to coronavirus, a group of good Samaritans took it upon themselves to cremate the bodies of COVID-19 patients. Iqbal Mamdani, a task force member and former journalist, along with other group members, tied up with the civic-run hospitals, which were treating patients at the COVID-19 care centres, and ambulances to carry the bodies of corona patients.