SYRIAN CHOIR SINGS HAPPY RHYTHMS FOR DOCTORS FIGHTING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Damascus: As the COVID-19 crisis is wreaking tremendous psychological havoc across the world, a Syrian choir decided to sing happy rhythms for the country’s doctors who are doing what they can to keep everyone safe from the deadly virus.

At the entrance of the Children’s University Hospital in the capital Damascus, the Gardenia Choir sang an hour of traditional Syrian rhythms, drawing the doctors there to, at first, the windows and then the entrance for a better break from their daily stress amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, a doctor at the hospital, described this act of charity, which is supported and organized by the Syrian Culture Ministry, as an unexpected lovely gesture.

“The initiative is awesome, especially during the coronavirus crisis when doctors work silently without waiting for any word of gratitude,” he told Xinhua.

Photo: Xinhua Medical workers pose for selfies as the Gardenia Choir sings for them at a hospital in Damascus, Syria, on June 8, 2020.