A girl in a wheelchair at the San Raffaele hospital in Rome, interacts with her visiting mother through a plastic protection to avoid catching the COVID-19 on December 22, 2020. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images) NEW YORK - A hospital in Rome has come up with a unique solution to allow families to have personal contact with children who are patients while also minimizing the risk of them catching the coronavirus. (SEE MORE PHOTOS BELOW)It's called a hugging curtain.
The children are on one side and the family members are on the other side. There are armholes so that the family members can wrap their arms around the young patients."The kids wrote in their letters to Santa that their biggest wish was to be able to hug again.