By TAKEFUMI HORINOUCHI/ Staff Writer
August 4, 2021 at 18:38 JST
Shoichi Tatsuta, operator of home-visit nursing care provider Cosmos in Kobe, describes his visits to the homes of COVID-19 patients when the city was in the grip of the fourth wave of infections. (Takefumi Horinouchi)
KOBE—Tears welled in the eyes of social worker Shoichi Tatsuta when he recalled the sudden deterioration of COVID-19 patients at their homes, the filthy apartments of those too sick to move, and the unanswered pleas of sobbing family members seeking hospital treatment for their loved ones. [Read More]
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