Saudi Nurse Breaks Down As He’s Forced to Refuse Son’s Hug After Hospital Shift

Saudi Nurse Breaks Down As He’s Forced to Refuse Son’s Hug After Hospital Shift
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A heart-wrenching video of a nurse breaking down as he avoids hugging his child after a shift highlights the psychological havoc created by the CCP virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.

The seconds-long, moving footage shows Nasser Ali Al-Shahrani, who works at the King Salman Hospital in Riyadh, interacting with his son Mohammad. The exhausted father returning home from caring for the COVID-19 patients only to have to avoid his own child exemplifies the emotional cost of the pandemic for the world’s healthcare providers.