Family Stays on Phone With Hospitalized Dad for 30 Hours Until He Dies of COVID-19

Family Stays on Phone With Hospitalized Dad for 30 Hours Until He Dies of COVID-19
Medical staff move a patient into the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center emergency room in Brooklyn, New York City, on April 7, 2020. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
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Like so many people who have lost loved ones to COVID-19, Abby Adair Reinhard wasn’t able to be at the hospital with her dying father, Don Adair.

A nurse offered to put the hospital telephone next to Adair’s ear, and Adair Reinhard and her three siblings were able to talk to their father—for more than 30 hours, until he died, she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.