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Heartwarming! 75-Yr-Old Woman Hugs PPE-Clad Doctor After Recovering From COVID

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The picture was shared by Tanmoy Dey on Facebook which went viral on social media in a short span of time, striking a chord with the netizens.

In a heartwarming gesture, a 75-year-old COVID patient who recently recovered from the disease was photographed while she hugged a PPE-clad doctor, expressing gratitude in Kolkata.

সেই প্রথম থেকেই করোনার সাথে চোখে চোখ রেখে লড়ছে মেডিক্যাল কলেজ কোলকাতা। ১০ দিন কঠিন লড়াইয়ের পর ৭৫ বছর বয়সী ঠাকুমা সুস্থ...
Posted by Tanmoy Dey on Saturday, 1 May 2021

The picture was shared by Tanmoy Dey on Facebook and instantly went viral on social media. The picture struck a chord with netizens amid the rising COVID-19 cases.

The caption, which was written in Bengali, read that the septuagenarian woman was able to recover after battling the virus for 10 days. While leaving for home, she made sure to hug the doctors who assisted her during the tough times. She hugged and blessed them.

Speaking to Newsweek, Dey said that the doctor in the picture is Avisikta Mallick, a second-year postgraduate trainee at the department of surgery Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, who had been treating the woman for five days and helping her get through the hardship.

Medical College Kolkata Resident Doctors' Association took to Twitter to share the post and called her the '75-year-old COVID fighter grandmother'.

75 year old COVID fighter grandmother went emotional while going home after 10 days of fight at Medical College Kolkata. Lots of love ❤️#mckrda #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/R4XL1xi7hU
— MCKRDA (@mckrda) May 1, 2021

With the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the country, the doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, and med students are once again leading the fight against the virus. They have been grinding hard to attend to as many patients as possible to save their lives.

Visuals of doctors drenched in sweat after having worn the PPE kit for hours while they are on COVID duty have, time and again, highlighted their struggles amid the pandemic.

Amid the pandemic, many people have emerged as heroes through their heartwarming generous gestures. Avinash Khemka from Cuttack is distributing cooked meals to COVID patients under home isolation who have no one to rely on for care. Javed Khan from Bhopal has converted his autorickshaw into an ambulance with a pulse oximeter, oxygen cylinder and other medical supplies. An anonymous octogenarian woman is donating food to police personnel on COVID duty in Thiruvananthapuram.

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