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Wuhan nurses become "temporary parents" for kid patients

March 07, 2020

WUHAN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, some child patients infected with the virus have to live in the hospital to receive medical treatment without the company of their parents and families due to the high infectivity of the virus. In the epidemic-hit city of Wuhan, there are 15 such child patients receiving treatment in the Wuhan Children's Hospital, a designated one to treat children infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia. These children, aging from 6 to 14, have been taken good care by seven nurses -- three female and four male. Most of these nurses have their own kids so they have rich experience in looking after children. As the children's "temporary parents," the seven not only take care of the kids' daily lives but also help them with schoolwork. Every day, they lead the children to do physical exercises, urge the older ones to do homework, and teach the younger ones to learn new words and Chinese phrases. [caption id="attachment_46122" align="alignnone" width="600"] Photo taken with a mobile phone shows nurse Yang Liu drawing a painting with a child infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia at a ward in Wuhan Children's Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 28, 2020. (Xinhua)[/caption]