87-year-old coronavirus patient watches sunset with doctor, viral pic makes netizens emotional

PTI, Mar 8, 2020, 6:09 PM IST

Amid all the gloom spread across the world by the outbreak of coronavirus, a picture of an 87-year-old CoVID-19 patient and his doctor watching the sunset outside a Wuhan hospital has warmed the hearts of netizens.

A Twitter user @chenchenzh shared the picture of the heartwarming moment along with with the caption: “Wuhan Uni hospital. A 20-something doctor from Shanghai was taking an 87-year-old patient who’d been hospitalized for a month to take a CT scan. He asked if he wanted to stop by to watch the sunset. He said yes. They enjoyed the moment together.”

Wuhan Uni hospital. A twenty-something doctor from Shanghai was taking a 87yo patient who’d been hospitalised for a month to take a CT scan.
He asked if he wanted to stop to watch the sunset.
He said yes. They enjoyed the moment together. pic.twitter.com/4nzqLZLLGE

— Chenchen Zhang??‍♀️ (@chenchenzh) March 5, 2020

As the post went viral, social media was abuzz with reactions.

A user wrote: “Truly heartwarming! Medical care workers are our heroes!”

Another said: “Stunning work of empathy. Love…”

A post read: “Beautiful scene and photo. I wish you’d make a photo album of all these poignant images from China.”

“The first news I got up to read today is this. I hope the elderly patient gets better soon,” a user remarked.