Her grandson Vignesh Dedhiya says she has received Shaikh's help at least four times in the past month. Other times, patients die despite their best efforts because hospital beds with ventilators are in severely short supply. Indian social media is flooded with messages from people asking for leads on oxygen, hospital beds, antiviral drugs such as remdesivir and even plasma donors. However, neither did the government prepare, nor did the people pay heed to the second wave that swept Europe and the Americas," he said. "This is the time of need when human beings need to help one another, religion will not help," he said.

Source: CNN May 12, 2021 02:46 UTC