Can a trip to the beach help COVID-19 recovery? 🏖️

After 52 days in ICU, Francisco was wheeled out into the sunshine by a medical team from #Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar as they study how short trips outside may help the recovery of patients 🦠

On a hospital bed at the beach promenade and surrounded by a doctor and three nurses from Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar, who constantly monitored his condition, Espana briefly closed his eyes and absorbed as much vitamin D from the sun as possible.

For Espana, who works in a local market and has a passion for music, the memories of 52 days in intensive care are blurry.

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