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Doctor seen comforting distraught elderly coronavirus patient in viral photo speaks out – SBS News
A heartbreaking photo of a Houston doctor in full PPE comforting an elderly coronavirus patient has gone viral.
Joseph Varon, a doctor treating coronavirus patients at a Texas hospital, was working his 252nd day in a row when he spotted a distraught elderly man in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU).
Dr Varon’s comforting embrace of the white-haired man on Thanksgiving Day was captured by Getty Images photographer Go Nakamura and has gone viral around the world.
Dr Varon, chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, told CNN he was entering the Covid ICU when he saw the elderly patient…
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