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COVID Patient Returns To Hospital In Longmont To Serenade Health Care Workers Who Took Care Of Him

Jacob Larson sang for medical workers on Wednesday as part of the hospital's annual summer barbecue.

By Dillon Thomas, CBS Denver:


LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – One of Colorado’s first COVID-19 patients to be hospitalized returned to the hospital that treated him for the first time since his release, this time in an effort to thank the people who helped save his career and life. Jacob Larson was first person hospitalized with COVID-19 at UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital last year. He sang for medical workers on Wednesday as part of the hospital’s annual summer barbecue.

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Larson, a singer who often performs at weddings and other celebrations, surprised many of his former doctors and nurses by singing to them while they ate lunch.

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