Tok Bomoh Offers COVID-19 Treatment To Patients But Then Cancels Over Fears Of Being Infected

From stories of inhaling clove steam to eating herbal traditional medicines and even using certain plants around the house to ‘ward off’ the deadly virus, there’s always something new being tried out.

In Malaysia, we’re sure that there are plenty of people offering traditional treatments during the pandemic, including this bomoh (shaman) from Kelantan.

Bomoh cancels own appointments

Ustaz Mat Tok Bomoh recently went viral after his flyers offering COVID-19 treatment services circulated on social media.

However, in a turn of events, the bomoh, who is also known as Ustaz Dor, decided to cancel his services over fears of being infected by his patients.

According to Malaysiakini, Ustaz Dor and his friend Ustaz Mat, made the decision after they realised that the treatment contradicts with modern day medicine.

“Initially me and my friend wanted to treat COVID-19 patients or close contacts using Islamic treatment with the help of Al-Quran,” Ustaz Dor said.

“But there were conflicting views with modern day medicine plus a lot of people also didn’t believe in traditional Islamic treatment in fighting COVID-19.”

He added that the cancellation was also made due to fears of getting himself and his family infected with COVID-19.

After the flyers went viral, netizens who were amused by it took to Twitter to talk about it.

Tok bomoh pon percaya covid waknat. Antivax pening sial cari artikel nak lawan ni. https://t.co/G2WUmm3IzW

— HermyR (@HermyRahim) June 2, 2021

Abih awal doh lockdown kita.Tok bomoh Covid-19 dah dijumpai.#kelantanboleh pic.twitter.com/vqNz0jCdz7

— Syazwan Zanini (@wenkt) June 1, 2021

Tok bomoh pun dapat kesedaran bahayanya Covid, apa alasan geng antivaksin lagi? https://t.co/kiBwetb2Oy

— Qurratul Ain (@qurratulain95) June 3, 2021

Jangan main2 dgn orang kelantan. Kami ada tok bomoh covid. Fast deal boleh ws. Sebelum deal settle kan dlu hutang. Tkut xsempat nk balik rumah ??? pic.twitter.com/vlGZKUY1ej

— روي (@MSyahmieS) June 1, 2021

Tak main main dah kalau Tok Bomoh pun percaya kesan & tak mampu rawat Covid-19 ? https://t.co/7d5G9GD4fx

— Hazrin Halim (@_hzrn_) June 2, 2021

Kahkahkah bomoh pun percaya covid tu real https://t.co/PU2z95CmHA

— Yun (@iezninayun_) June 2, 2021

Bomoh pon educated ada akal takut covid. Cis! https://t.co/S2BMn0j7vm

— ? (@Afiqinmz) June 2, 2021

Ustaz Dor was also surprised that over 50 COVID-19 patients contacted him for treatment.

“I’m sorry for not being able to treat COVID-19 patients. I would like to ask everyone to stop spreading the flyers or info about the treatment,” he added.