A New York Doctor was worried he was about to lose his pastor to COVID-19 so he prayed — and that’s when things began to change.
Dr. Robin Varghese was worried there was nothing he could do to help then comatose Queens Pastor, Benjamin Thomas, recover from the coronavirus.
Only weeks earlier, Thomas had been busy doing God’s work with his congregation at The Queens Church of God.
But after developing a fever he went to an urgent care facility and he was told they were not accepting patients with a fever “or anything.” He was eventually accepted by a health facility a few miles away and they gave him the dreaded news. He was COVID-19 positive.
What happened over the next several weeks, the pastor said, he only recalls from other people’s memories.
He was placed on a ventilator and transferred to Mount Sinai hospital where one of his congregation, Dr. Varghese practiced.
After no improvement, Dr. Varghese explained that he and his team had done everything they could to save Thomas’ life but nothing would work. So that night, Varghese said he went to Thomas’ room and cried out to God.
He prayed — “ God there is nothing else I can offer Him. You’ve got to take over. We’ve given him everything that modern medicine can throw at him,”
Pastor Thomas was in a coma for six weeks but then started to improve and woke up.
Mount Sinai Chaplain Rocky Walker said — “It just goes to show the power of God. And we’re so thankful.”