04:40Santa raises spirits at Lima COVID isolation centre using fire engine lift
A Santa Claus impersonator used a fire engine lift to bring the Christmas spirit to patients staying at a COVID-19 isolation centre on Tuesday in Lima.
The centre is located at the city’s Pan American Village and currently hosts over a hundred minors.
Drone footage shows Santa Claus visiting and waving at patients while going window-to-window as part of a cheerful ordeal.
On the ground, medical staff performed dances for their spectators.
The actor behind Santa, Paul Heinz Suarez Gamarra, explained that the aim of the event was to send a “message of encouragement” to patients, while wishing them a “speedy recovery.”
“What the Pan-American Village has done today has been something exciting, it has brought us joy and we have had fun for a moment," said patient Florinda Ticona.
The initiative was organised by Peru’s social security institution, EsSalud.
According to the World Health Organisation, Peru recorded 1,527 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
04:40A Santa Claus impersonator used a fire engine lift to bring the Christmas spirit to patients staying at a COVID-19 isolation centre on Tuesday in Lima.
The centre is located at the city’s Pan American Village and currently hosts over a hundred minors.
Drone footage shows Santa Claus visiting and waving at patients while going window-to-window as part of a cheerful ordeal.
On the ground, medical staff performed dances for their spectators.
The actor behind Santa, Paul Heinz Suarez Gamarra, explained that the aim of the event was to send a “message of encouragement” to patients, while wishing them a “speedy recovery.”
“What the Pan-American Village has done today has been something exciting, it has brought us joy and we have had fun for a moment," said patient Florinda Ticona.
The initiative was organised by Peru’s social security institution, EsSalud.
According to the World Health Organisation, Peru recorded 1,527 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.