After a nearly six-month battle with coronavirus, one patient at Elmhurst Hospital got to go home.
Jose Guerrero got coronavirus back in March.
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However, the medical staff at Elmhurst Hospital never gave up on him.
They gave him quite a send-off, loudly cheering him on as he was escorted out of the hospital.
He is one of the lucky ones.
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