Elderly American woman's act of kindness to Pakistani doctor goes viral

Dr Fahim Rahim's 91-year-old patient gifted him hand-crafted stuffed animals

An act of kindness of an elderly American woman towards her Muslim doctor has gone viral.

The Pakistani immigrant, Dr Fahim Rahim, was reportedly stressed over the ongoing harsh debate on Muslims when he entered the Idaho Kidney Institute last week but he was pleasantly surprised.



Rahim’s 91-year-old patient who he calls Grandma Louise gifted him hand-crafted stuffed animals and offered a few words of support that changed his day. "I have these for you," she said, holding up several crocheted stuffed animals. "I know how you feel."

The doctor posted a photo of this kind gesture online on his Facebook page after which it went viral, gathering more than 33,000 likes and nearly 8,000 shares.

If you look at this, you see two very different people. She's 91, Caucasian; I'm less than half her age, brown, an American immigrant," Rahim told CBS News. "We have nothing common -- just a patient and a doctor. I'm her doctor, but she's the one who healed my wounds."



Earlier that day, before the incident at the Idaho Kidney Institute, Louise had heard Rahim giving his take on Trump’s statement. “Not every Muslim is a terrorist," Rahim had said. "Not every citizen is following the rhetoric of Trump."

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Fahim Rahim even invited Trump over to his home state of Idaho to discuss the Muslim situation hoping that Louise’s kind gesture reaches Trump and increases positive relations with everyone.



"Your humanity, love and enlightenment are a beam of hope in a dark time," one Facebook user commented on Rahim's post.

"I posted this for the Muslim community -- people in the world -- to know what Trump is saying does not reflect American sentiment," he said. "What this woman did and said is the true American spirit."