Healthcare workers celebrate when 95-year-old Turkish man recovered from coronavirus leaves hospital

Healthcare professionals at a hospital in the western province of İzmir celebrated when a 95-year-old man recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) was discharged from the hospital.

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Healthcare professionals at a hospital in the western province of İzmir celebrated when a 95-year-old man recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) was discharged from the hospital.

In the video shared by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Tuncay Özkan, healthcare workers are seen applauding the man in a wheelchair, identified only as İsmail.

"He is 95 years old and beat corona!" one of the nurses says in the video, as the man also celebrates his departure home.

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