Local hospitals are celebrating the release of COVID-19 patients

St. Marys COVID patient
Photo credit Photo provided/SSM Health St. Marys

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — What is a "Code Sunshine"?

At Mercy Hospital South, it's a celebration of patients sickened by COVID-19 getting well!

Doctors, nurses, and hospital staff applaud a COVID-19 patient on the way out of the hospital this week. Officials at the hospital say "nothing brings us together like a Code Sunshine."

Meanwhile, at SSM St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights...

They're celebrating the release of their 100th COVID-19 patient with the music video above.

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