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Husband and wife see each other for the first time in over a month

Russell Day, 88, a patient at Kenmore Mercy Hospital’s Medical Rehabilitation had not seen his family since he was hospital March 20 for a brain bleed.
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Shirley Day talks to her husband Russell through a window at Kenmore Mercy Hospital. They haven't seen each other since March 20, when Russell was hospitalized.

KENMORE, N.Y. — The coronavirus pandemic has restricted a lot of families from seeing loved ones in hospitals, nursing homes and rehab facility. 

Russell Day, 88, a patient at Kenmore Mercy Hospital’s Medical Rehabilitation had not seen his family since he was hospitalized March 20 for a brain bleed. 

The rehab facility arranged for Day, during a break from his three-hour therapy this week, to see his wife Shirley and their family through a glass window at the hospital's community room. 

Credit: Kenmore Mercy Hospital
The Day family talks to Russell Day at Kenmore Mercy Hospital. They haven't seen him since March 20, when Russell was hospitalized.

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