- Title: Lighting of Christmas tree brings joy to children at Peru hospital
- Date: 11th December 2021
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (DECEMBER 10, 2021) (REUTERS) GENERAL OF CHRISTMAS TREE BEING LIT AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN SAN BORJA CHRISTMAS TREE STAR
- Embargoed: 25th December 2021 16:44
- Keywords: Peru San Borja children hospital
- Location: LIMA, PERU
- City: LIMA, PERU
- Country: Peru
- Topics: South America / Central America,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001F7LFXHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A huge Christmas tree was lit at a children's hospital in Lima on Friday (December 10), bringing joy and hope to young patients and their parents, who are spending the festive season there.
Nurses, doctors and hospital staff also joined in, dressing up as Santa, while all the children were given reindeer antlers headbands.
''I am excited that she (daughter) can witness this, because the hospital is like a second home for us. We have been coming every month for one year for her checkups," said Carol Hidalgo, whose daughter Emilia Pinedo is a patient at the hospital.
Another patient called Roxana, who suffered from burns on 90 percent of her body after a car crash, also joined in the celebrations.
The children will be spending Christmas in the hospital's intensive care unit.
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