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Nurse creates warm rubber glove ‘hands’ for Covid patient to hold in isolation ward Harriet Brewis
Their tireless commitment to helping and comforting others make them an example to us all.
No clearer is this illustrated than by a small, but profoundly moving gesture, made by a worker at a Covid ward in Brazil.
In a photo shared on social media, a coronavirus patient being held in isolation can be seen with two surgical gloves encasing her hands.
Because her condition means she’s unable to have physical contact with others, these gloves have been filled with hot water to mimic the warmth of human touch.