Darbhanga: A Muslim
man from Bihar’s Darbhanga city chose humanity over his religion when he broke
his Ramzan fast and donated his blood to save the life of a two-year-old child.
The man, Mohammad
Ashfaq, recently came across a Facebook post, where the infant’s family had
posted a message urging users to donate blood for the child.
On Friday, the wife
of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) soldier Ramesh Kumar Singh, gave birth to a boy at
a private nursing home in Darbhanga. After this, the condition of the child
started to get worse day by day. The doctors, on checking the infant’s
condition said that they would require O negative blood to save him.
It is pertinent to
know that people having O negative blood group are known as universal donors.
Singh then enquired
various persons over the same but to no avail. He then wrote a post on
Facebook, requesting people that those who are having O negative blood group
can come forward and save his child by donating blood.
At this, Ashfaq read
the post and immediately contacted the infant’s family, giving them assurance
that he would come and give his blood to save the child’s life.
When Ashfaq reached
the hospital and offered to donate his blood, the doctors initially, rejected
his case and said that he was on a Ramzan fast.
Ashfaq told ANI, “I
thought saving a life is more important and knowing that she is the daughter of
a security personnel, this motivated me more to donate my blood.”
The grandparents of
the infant later said that Ashfaq did not feel perturbed in donating his blood
to others despite being a Muslim. They added that he chose humanity over his
religious duty and thanked him for saving the life of their granddaughter.
Last week, a similar
incident occurred in Patna when a man, Jawed Alam broke his Ramzan fast and
donated his blood to save the life of an eight-year-old boy, who was suffering
from thalassemia. (ANI)
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