Amid coronavirus pandemic, the Hindu religious organization are coming forward to offer services to fight against the coronavirus.
The Gujarat is setting an example of this. The Kasht Bhanjan Hanuman Mandir of Sarangpur in Botad district turned into a Hospital. Sarangpur Kasht Bhanjan Hanuman Mandir run by Atithi Grah has set up a 50 room hospital capacity of 100 beds with 10 ICU beds inside the Dharamshala.
The cooperation and the help extended by the temple is appreciable. The administration can set up a district-level hospital for the coronavirus treatment within 24 hours.
Kasht Bhanjan Hanuman Mandir of Sarangpur in Botad district
Facilities Available
The temple turned to a hospital is equipped with all the necessary facilities for the treatment of coronavirus. The Hanuman Mandir provides the facilities like
- OPD
- doctors room
- nursing staff room
- central oxygen line supply
- 5 ventilators, 45 isolation rooms, ICU beds,
- non-COVID area
- dedicated elevator
- attached bathroom/toilet
- CCTV vigil
- buzzer system
- audio system etc,
Dharamshala rooms converted into hospital rooms
In all-around 50 para-medical staff and medical staff will serve the patients of COVID-19 positive in the hospital. At present, no such COVID-19 patients are present there.
Providing other services too
Apart from the medical facilities, the Mandir is also serving food and shelter to the needy people. They provide shelter in the Dharamshala and prepare the food in the Mandir itself with proper hygiene.
The government of Gujarat has received crores of fund from Hindu religious organizations. Not only in Gujarat, but the Hindu religious organizations across the country are also coming forward to help the nation in the time of crisis. Some of the religious organizations are-
Somnath Mandir– Shri Somnath Trust donated Rs. 1 crore to the Gujarat Chief Minister’s relief fund.
Somanth Temple
Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust– Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi (Ahmednagar), donated Rs. 51 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in Maharashtra. Also, the SSST is feeding free food to all patients and their relatives at the Shri Sainath Hospital, Shirdi Orphanages, old age homes, a school for deaf and dumb, destitute and needy, police personnel and others through the Shri Sai Prasadalaya.
Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust
Mata Vaishno Devi Mandir– The non-gazetted staff of the Vaishno Devi Mandir in Jammu and Kashmir donated one day’s worth of their salaries to the state’s relief fund. The gazetted staff donated two days’ worth of their salaries for the same.
Mata Vaishno Devi Mandir
Most of the Hindu religious organizations are serving people beyond their caste and religion. They are selflessly doing all the possible efforts. Some are turning the temples into a hospital, feeding poor and needy free of cost, providing shelters and also providing the medical help. They all are serving the people of the nation without breaking the guidelines of the social distancing. This shows that humanity is greater than anything else in this world.
