Damaris Silva is an ICU nurse in Chile on the front lines of this COVID crisis, which is already worth praising, but her dedication to her patients doesn't stop there. After her shifts, she stays on her unit to play violin for her patients to give them hope and music.
Silva, 26, spends several hours walking the corridors of the Hospital El Pino, in the capital Santiago’s poor southern La Pintana neighborhood.
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.
“As soon as I walk in the patients brighten, they seem happier; they smile and applaud,” she told Reuters.
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.”