Nurse holds frightened toddler in her arms till he falls asleep because he was afraid to undergo surgery
A nurse in the north-west part of China has warmed the hearts of millions after she was captured on camera comforting a crying toddler who was set to undergo surgery. A set of photos that have been circulating on social media shows Ma Tongyan embracing and holding onto the hand of the two-year-old boy who was very anxious as he lay on the operating table at the Dingxi People's Hospital located in the Gansu Province on January 28.
According to the hospital, the child, whose nickname is Xuan Xuan, was about to undergo surgery to repair an inguinal hernia that he had in the lower abdomen and started crying the moment he was wheeled into the operating theater. The CCTV footage shows the anesthetist nurse comforting the child patiently and letting him sleep in her arms before the surgery began, the Daily Mail reported.
