'Heartbreaking': How Nurses In Brazil Are Helping Covid Patients Handle Their Loneliness Amid Isolation

The nurses have created a sense of artificial touch in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. Know all about it.

Nurses are trying to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. (Representative Photo: Getty Images)

New Delhi: The Coronavirus pandemic has claimed many lives while severely affecting billions around the world.

One of the aspects regarding Covid that has impacted people is prolonged loss of contact as several reports elaborate on how the pandemic isolation has led to increased depression.

The situation is worse for those battling life and death after contracting Covid-19 and are unable to see their loved ones in this crucial period.

Nurses in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward have come up with an innovative idea to help isolated patients deal with their loneliness.

The nurses have created a sense of artificial touch by using two disposable gloves filled with hot water. They tie them together around patients’ hands.

A photo of the same has gone viral after it was shared by Sadiq Sameer Bhat of the Gulf News. Along with the image, he wrote, "The hand of God' - nurses trying to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. Two disposable gloves tied, full of hot water, simulating impossible human contact. Salute to the front liners and a stark reminder of the grim situation our world is in!"

“The hand of God' - nurses trying to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. Two disposable gloves tied, full of hot water, simulating impossible human contact. Salute to the front liners and a stark reminder of the grim situation our world is in!” he wrote.

Many Twitter users have shared the tweet and described the image as being ‘heartbreaking’:

The image is a moving reminder of the importance of human connection in such testing times.