采取什么措施能减少重病患者的孤独感？

What strategies are being used to try to reduce the suffering of severely ill isolated people?

Luise

This story comes from Brazil and is about the so-called "mão de deus", the hand of God.
这是个来自巴西的，关于被上帝之手的故事。

It was in 2020 when there were so many seriously ill patients with Covid in Brazilian hospitals.
2020年在巴西医院里，很多人都感染新冠而病危了。

The method was developed by a Brazilian nurse to break the barrier of isolation and provide comfort to her patients. Because, as we all know, seriously ill patients with Covid cannot count on the comfort of their relatives. Because they're not allowed in.
一个巴西护士，发现了能打破病人的隔离感，并让他们感到舒心的方法。就像我们熟知的，感染新冠而生病了的人不能指望从他们的亲人那里得到慰藉，因为他们不被允许进入。

This nurse was having trouble measuring oxygen levels in a covid patient because his hand was freezing cold.
这位护士在给一位新冠病人测血氧量时遇到了困难，因为他的手太冰冷了。

So she filled two disposable gloves with warm water and wrapped them around the patient's hand, restoring circulation within minutes.
所以她用一次性手套装满热水，缠在病人的手上，不一会儿病人的血液循环就流通了。

The nurse said she did this because she hoped the patient would feel like someone was holding his hand.
这位护士说，她这样做是因为希望病人能感受到仿佛有人握住他的手。

It's certainly not the same as a human touch, but it does something.
这热度虽然不是来源于真实的人之手，但是依然很温暖。

Just as the ticking of an alarm clock can calm puppies or babies because it reminds them of their mother's heart, the "hand of God" certainly did something.
就像时钟的滴答声会让狗狗和婴儿感到平静，因为那会让他们回想母亲的心跳声。上帝之手也是这样的。

And not least because of the love with which it was invented.
尤其是因为人们对它的热爱

单词：
Brazi
“Mão de Deus” is Portuguese for “Hand of God” . It is also a common name for a plant called “Mexican Sunflower” .In Chinese, “Mão de Deus” can be translated to “上帝之手” .
count on 指望；依靠
disposable adj. 一次性的，用完即丢弃的；可支配的，可自由使用的；（人，观点）可有可无的，可轻易放弃的
n. 一次性用品
restoring adj. 恢复的
v. 恢复，重建；正在恢复（restore 的现在分词）
puppies n. 小狗（puppy 的复数）