Discharges and the removal of ventilators is celebrated
Several hospitals have selected songs to play when COVID-19 patients are released from their care, according to an article on The New York Times website.
At Montefiore Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital, staff play The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun.”
The Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City also plays it when patients are taken off ventilators.
Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, N.Y., plays Anna Nalick's "Breathe (2 AM)" when patients come off ventilators
May 5, 2020
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