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As India Faces Oxygen Crisis, Pakistan Citizens Urge PM Imran Khan To Help Neighbouring Country

As the matter reached the high courts and Supreme Court, the crisis has gained prominence on Twitter and #IndiaNeedsOxygen trended on Pakistan Twitter.

As the number of critical cases surge in the massive second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, India is struggling with a shortage of medical oxygen, with individuals as well as hospitals posting SOS calls on social media platforms for help. As the matter reached the high courts and Supreme Court, the crisis has gained prominence on Twitter and #IndiaNeedsOxygen trended on Pakistan Twitter.

Pakistan citizens, witnessing the crisis, have urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to help India with the supply of oxygen.

On Friday, 25 of the “sickest” Covid-19 patients died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, and the lives of another 60 such patients are at risk, officials said. On Saturday, an official from Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi said 20 Covid patients died due to the low pressure of Oxygen.

Among these heartbreaking news, the citizens of the neighbouring country are coming out on social media to extend their solidarity to Indians.

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar is among the many who have prayed for the Indians fighting the second wave of the pandemic.

“Prayers with people of India. I hope things come in control soon & their government is able to handle the crisis better. We are all in it together,” Akhtar tweeted on Friday.

Another user said, “Our Prophet PBUH taught humanity. In this difficult time, #Pakistan stands by India as a human being. @ImranKhanPTI is requested to do whatever he can to help #India. The whole nation is with you.”

Pakistan’s Edhi Foundation, renowned for its humanitarian relief work, on Friday offered to send a fleet of 50 ambulances to India to assist efforts to cope with a massive surge in Coronavirus infections that has swamped health services in several cities.

The offer was conveyed in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Faisal Edhi, the director of Edhi Foundation and the son of late Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of the organisation.

“We are very sorry to hear about the exceptionally heavy impact that the pandemic has had on your country, where a tremendous number of people are suffering immensely. As a neighbouring friend, we sympathise with you greatly and during this strenuous time, we would like to extend our help in the form of fleet of 50 ambulances along with our services to assist you in addressing, and further circumventing, the current health conditions,” said the letter, which was sent to the Indian mission in Islamabad.

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