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The photo was spread on social networks – Photo: Twitter / Roto_tudor
This week, a doctor shared a photo showing iPad tablets filling a corner of a hospital room in the United States. diary Newsweek (USA) An article about the painful use of these iPads was published on December 4: “Bridge” for COVID-19 patients with their families, to say goodbye.
The Roto_tudor account shared this photo on Twitter. “These iPads are set up for intensive care unit (ICU) patients to have farewell meetings. OMG,” wrote Roto_tudor.
This heartbreaking photo was quickly shared thousands of times. Many medical professionals, including professors Trisha Greenhalgh of the University of Oxford (UK) and American epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding, also share photos.
Eric Feigl-Ding commented: “iPads stacked to prepare for final goodbyes are not what Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple Technology Group – the maker of the iPad) was thinking.”
Due to the risk of infection, patients in ICU units have to speak with family and friends through the above iPads rather than in person.
The photo above was posted on December 3. As of 9pm on December 5 (Vietnam time), the photo has received more than 119,000 likes and tens of thousands of shares. Many followers have also shared their related stories.
diary Newsweek commenting from a user: “On Monday my boyfriend said goodbye to his mother on an iPad. He didn’t give her the last hug or just held her hand. “.
Another shared, “I did the same to my mother on Thanksgiving. I could barely bear the pain of losing her.”
December 4 is the second day in a row that the United States has recorded a new record number of new infections in 24 hours, with 225,201 new cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. During the same period, the country recorded 2,506 additional deaths from COVID-19.
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