Strains of hope: Chilean nurse serenades COVID-19 patients with violin

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Strains of hope: Chilean nurse serenades COVID-19 patients with violin

Damaris Silva plays a mix of popular Latin songs at the corridors of the Hospital El Pino

Published: July 10, 2020 21:14 Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 2020-07-06T174116Z_292243400_RC2TNH9T4IFM_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHILE-NURSE-1594400576079 — When most Chilean nurses finish their long shifts caring for the country's many COVID-19 patients, there is little else on their minds but seeing their families, eating and sleeping. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 273632-01-02-1594400556752 — Not so Damaris Silva, who twice a week when she finishes her shift at 6 p.m. picks up her violin and returns to the ward. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 273626-01-02-1594400553782 — Silva, 26, spends several hours walking the corridors of the Hospital El Pino, in the capital Santiago's poor southern La Pintana neighbourhood. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 275024-01-02-1594400559367 — She plays a mix of popular Latin songs, bringing a moment of levity for both patients - some of whom have spent weeks in critical care - and exhausted colleagues. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-07-06T174404Z_256012468_RC2TNH93OZF9_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHILE-NURSE-1594400580167 — "As soon as I walk in the patients brighten, they seem happier; they smile and applaud," she told Reuters. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-06T180104Z_1646646661_RC2UNH9OS709_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHILE-NURSE-1594400550447 — Her aim is, she says, to "give a little bit of love, of faith, of hope with my violin. Every time I do it, I do it from my heart." Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-06T173659Z_1698076499_RC2TNH9L7MXO_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHILE-NURSE-1594400567657 — Her initiative is one of several dreamed up to lift spirits in Chilean intensive and critical care wards, which are at present close to saturation because of the new coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-06T174016Z_623377512_RC2TNH90B3E2_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHILE-NURSE-1594400571924 — Others have included strangers writing letters to patients, medical teams singing Happy Birthday and applauding those who are discharged after winning their fight against COVID-19. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 273623-01-02 [1]-1594400564221 — Chile has at present close to 300,000 cases of the virus and more than 6,000 resulting deaths, which started in the capital where the majority of the population is focused but has since spread to more remote, less-well resourced parts of the country. | Chilean nurse Damaris Silva plays the violin for patients. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 275063-01-02-1594400562313 — On Monday, the Chilean health minister referenced "positive indications" due to a sustained decrease in coronavirus infections and positive tests in Santiago and some other big population centres. The health minister, Enrique Paris, insisted however that strict quarantines would remain in place across a large part of the South American country. Image Credit: AFP

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