Noori Khan breaks roza, donates plasma to Rathore

Even as some leaders of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) are trying to give a communal colour to the fight against the COVID pandemic, Noori Khan has set another example of communal harmony by donating plasma to a COVID patient,

Khan is the spokesperson for Indian National Congress (INC) in Madhya Pradesh and she learnt Manohar Lal Rathore, a COVID patient was in need of plasma. Khan then decided to break her roza (the Ramadam fast) and go to help save Rathore’s life.

She said in a tweet today that she does not know Rathore, but felt duty bound to help save the life of a COVID patient. She described the act as a sister helping her brother.

Noori Khan has been helping COVID patients in various ways and was arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police, while supplying oxygen to the patients. She has also been raising her voice against the lack of proper facilities for COVID patients in the state.

Rathore works for Doordarshan in Indore. When Khan reached Indore airport this morning, she got a call from Rathore’s son who informed her that his father was in a critical condition and was in need of plasma with blood group B+. Luckily, Khan has the same group and instead of going home, she went to the hospital to donate plasma. Tests showed that she could donate plasma for Rathore.

This incident is in contrast to the protest by a group of BJP legislators in Karnataka alleging that there was corruption in the allocation of beds to COVID 19 patients. The legislators led by Tejasvi Surya, were upset that 17 Muslims were employed in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike’s COVID centre and alleged that the Muslims were giving beds only to Muslims, though there was no such evidence.

Over 200 people have been employed at the centre and the BJP elected representatives tried to give a communal colour to the COVID 19 centre. Among the others protesting were legislators Satish Reddy, Ravi Subramanya and Uday Garudachar.