Photos: A trip to the beach for Covid-19 patients in Barcelona

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

In an effort to humanize the recovery process after a long battle against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), one Spanish hospital is taking patients to the beach on their first trip out of the ICU and towards more generalised care. Medical teams at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona have been photographed wheeling patients across the road to waiting views of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Isidre Correa is taken to the seaside by intensive health care staff outside the Hospital del Mar on June 3 in Barcelona, Spain. Correa had been taken into Intensive Care nearly two months ago on April 14 after his coronavirus infection worsened while he had been in hospital since April 9. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Isidre Correa is taken to the seaside by intensive health care staff outside the Hospital del Mar on June 3 in Barcelona, Spain. Correa had been taken into Intensive Care nearly two months ago on April 14 after his coronavirus infection worsened while he had been in hospital since April 9. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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Isidre Correa talks with doctors in the ICU ward before he is taken to the seaside, marking his exit from the ICU to follow through with the remainder of his recovery at the hospital. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Isidre Correa talks with doctors in the ICU ward before he is taken to the seaside, marking his exit from the ICU to follow through with the remainder of his recovery at the hospital. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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Isidre Correa's wife, Helena Soriano, waits outside the ICU before her husband, Isidre Correa, is brought out. Spain has recorded 287,740 coronavirus cases as of June 5 with a 27, 133 deaths according to the worldometers tracker since the outbreak claimed its first lives early in March. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Isidre Correa's wife, Helena Soriano, waits outside the ICU before her husband, Isidre Correa, is brought out. Spain has recorded 287,740 coronavirus cases as of June 5 with a 27, 133 deaths according to the worldometers tracker since the outbreak claimed its first lives early in March. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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Isidre Correa is wheeled out the hospital’s main door by health care staff. Hospital del Mar is taking recuperating COVID-19 patients from the ICU to the seaside as part of their recovering process aiming to humanize Intensive Care Units. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Isidre Correa is wheeled out the hospital’s main door by health care staff. Hospital del Mar is taking recuperating COVID-19 patients from the ICU to the seaside as part of their recovering process aiming to humanize Intensive Care Units. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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Almost there, as Correa’s stretcher makes it across a pedestrian crossing and onto a palm lined boulevard overlooking the sea. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Almost there, as Correa’s stretcher makes it across a pedestrian crossing and onto a palm lined boulevard overlooking the sea. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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Isidre Correa takes in the sights and sounds on a trip to the seaside while a health care team flank him outside the Hospital del Mar on June 3 in Barcelona. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Isidre Correa takes in the sights and sounds on a trip to the seaside while a health care team flank him outside the Hospital del Mar on June 3 in Barcelona. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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Correa’s view of the seaside on his first trip outside the hospital since he was taken in for treatment. Spain has had one of Europe’s strictest lockdown, now in its sixth extension with infection rates finally under control and daily deaths down to single digits in recent days. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 07:24 pm IST

Correa’s view of the seaside on his first trip outside the hospital since he was taken in for treatment. Spain has had one of Europe’s strictest lockdown, now in its sixth extension with infection rates finally under control and daily deaths down to single digits in recent days. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

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