Coronavirus News: Elmhurst Hospital patient released from hospital after 6-month battle with coronavirus

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Saturday, September 5, 2020
ELMHURST, Queens (WABC) -- There was good reason to celebrate at a hospital in Queens.

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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