Chaplains 'pour it all out' giving comfort to virus patients
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By ANNA MEROD The Winchester Star
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Associated Press
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) - Outside every room in the COVID-19 units at Winchester Medical Center is a door with a large window.
Over the last 10 months, WMC chaplains have often found themselves on the other side of the window talking with COVID patients on a phone.
To avoid transmission of the virus, chaplains cannot visit COVID-19 patient rooms. Neither can family members, unless it is a near-death situation. Visitors are allowed in non-COVID-19 patient rooms, but the number of visitors is limited.