US Clinical Trial Launched to Assess Power of Prayer for COVID-19 Patients
A US clinical trial has been launched into whether multi-denominational prayer can help patients with COVID-19, the New York Post reports. Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, a cardiologist at the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, is leading a trial involving 1000 coronavirus patients who require intensive care because of the infection. The trial began on May 1 and is due to last four months.
According to a description given to the National Institutes of Health, the study will research "the role of remote intercessory multi-denominational prayer on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients." Patients will receive “universal” prayer through Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism.
Lakkireddy told NPR: “I think if we believe in the wonders of God and the universal good of any religion, then we’ve got to combine hands and join the forces of each of these faiths together for the single cause of...
