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Covid-19: Heartbreaking photo shows US doctor hugging distraught elderly coronavirus patient – Stuff.co.nz
“I want to be with my wife,” the frail, crying patient told his doctor before he was pulled into an embrace.
A photo of a US doctor hugging an upset elderly Covid-19 patient on Thanksgiving Day in the US has touched hearts around the world.
The picture of Doctor Joseph Varon embracing a distraught patient was taken on Varons 252nd consecutive day working at United Memorial Medical Centre in Houston.
Varon, who is the chief of staff at the centre, found the man out of his hospital bed, upset and looking for help, US media reported.
I want to be with my wife, the frail patient had told him. So I just grab…
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