'He is despondent and ready to throw in the towel...Twitter, do your magic.' Pedro, a 79-year-old patient in Spain who had tested positive for Covid-19 five times, was feeling down. Thousands stepped in to cheer him up.
Pedro, a 79-year-old coronavirus patient in Badajoz, southwest Spain, had tested positive for Covid-19 five times and was feeling down after showing symptoms for 46 days.Carlos Hernández Teixidó, a doctor at Badajoz University Hospital, turned to Twitter for help after struggling to lift Pedro's spirits."He is despondent and ready to throw in the towel," tweeted Hernández Tuesday."Twitter, do your magic.
— Carlos Hdez Teixidó April 28, 2020 The response was overwhelming, and the doctor received more than 8,100 replies, plus direct messages. The post also attracted more than 31,000 likes and thousands of retweets.Read More"I have just spoken to Pedro and his daughter," Hernández told his Twitter followers less than 24 hours after his initial post."You don't know how moved both of them were. I have given his daughter the first 300 messages.
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