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Former COVID-19 Patient Thanks Hospital With 800 Homemade Tamales

NPR
Published December 20, 2020 at 8:05 AM EST

Staff at Cedars-Sinai in LA got a surprise from a former COVID-19 patient last week: 800 homemade tamales. Margarita Montanez spent five days making them as a "thank you" for her care last spring.

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