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Doctor pictured in viral photo hugging elderly Covid patient speaks out

A doctor in the United States who was photographed comforting a distraught elderly coronavirus patient on Thanksgiving Day has been talking about the moment the image, which went viral, was captured. He also said the coming weeks could become '"on of the darkest chapters in modern American history." Dr Joseph Varon is the Chief of Critical Care at the United Memorial Medical Centre in Houston, Texas. He's been working for 258 consecutive days, so how has that been?

(Picture: Dr Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

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