A husband and wife were admitted to the emergency COVID-19 field hospital in Lenoir on the same day. They were nervous â as anyone being treated for a new virus in a hospital made of tents would be, Samaritanâs Purse Medical Director Erin Holzhauer said.
Both made it through the coronavirus and were discharged on the same day, she said. Days later, the husband returned to the hospital, which was set up in the parking lot of Caldwell UNC Health Care. He wanted to thank the staff.
âHe said COVID is an awful disease and he would not wish it upon anyone,â Holzhauer said. âBut he said, âI would not take my COVID back.â Because he wouldnât want to lose his experience in the tent hospital. ⦠That is really what stands out to me.â