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Chicago-Based Muslims Informed About Local Health Care On Yearly Basis

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As the holy month of Ramadan came to an end, an annual outreach program aimed at helping Chicago-based Muslims understand the importance of healthcare also wound down, the Chicago Tribune reported.

MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - As the holy month of Ramadan came to an end, an annual outreach program aimed at helping Chicago-based Muslims understand the importance of healthcare also wound down, the Chicago Tribune reported.

“Ramadan is not about prayer. It’s about community service… We believe that community service and serving the other is one of the highest forms of worship,” the Chicago Tribune quoted Abrar Quader, director of government and community partnerships for the local nonprofit, as saying.

Over the past four weeks, volunteers spoke to thousands of Muslims, encouraging them to participate in the program.

"For a lot of the people, it's the first time that they have insurance. Most of them are immigrants… They need to know how to get ahold of a doctor, they need help to send in a payment. Every little thing that we think sometimes people know we are finding that they need help with," an in-person counselor at Heartland Health Center Dalia Galvan Morales told the Chicago Tribune.

According to Dalia Galvan Moralez, counselors at Heartland Regional Medical Center will be available for appointments between noon and 3 p.m. every Friday. However, three hours once a week does not seem to be enough for over 400,000 Muslims living in the Chicago area, especially since most of do not even know how to call a doctor.

Islam is the third largest faith group in the United States. According to the Pew report 2011, focusing on the future of the global Muslim population, there are about three million Muslims in the United States. Other figures suggest that the number is at least twice as high.

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