No man is anisland.
沒有人是孤島。
But for those who succumb to coronavirus from the confines of a hospital, they die alone- physically separated from the friends and family who love them.
但對於那些在醫院裡死於冠狀病毒的人來說，他們孤獨地死去與愛他們的朋友和家人在身體上永別。
This cruel reality weighs heavily on a group of volunteers whose mission is to virtually connect patients with family members unable .to be present due to hospital restrictions on visitors.
這個殘酷的現實給一群志願者 造成了沉重壓力，他們的任務是將患者與因醫院限制而無法探望的家人聯繫起來。
Their solution:to collect used iPads from across the country and donate them to hospitals in underserved communities where the need is most acute.
他們的解決辦法是:在全國收集二手平板，並將它們捐贈給服務水平低下、需求最迫切的社區醫院。
"It's a heartbreaking visual," Nicolas Heller, a 31-year-old documentarian, said of the thousands of people who have died from the disease in isolation, without the comforting words or touch from a loved one.
成千.上萬的人死於新冠肺炎，他們被隔離，沒有親人的安慰和愛撫，31歲的紀錄片導演尼古拉斯海勒說，「這畫面令人心碎」。
Heller, who is part of the volunteer group -founded by two medical students - that is collecting used iPads for patients who do not own smartphones capable of video chatting.
海勒是由兩名醫科學生創建的志願者組織的一員，該組織為那些沒有智慧型手機、無法進行視頻聊天的患者收集二手平板。
As of Friday morning, the group said it has received 375 used iPads from donors nationwide and raised more than $22,000 to purchase more devices.
截至周五.上午，該組織稱已收到375臺全國捐贈的二手平板，並籌集了超過2.2萬美元用於購買更多平板。
So far, 50 of the iPads have been donated to Brooklyn's University Hospital of Brooklyn.
截止目前，50臺平板已捐給了布魯克林大學醫院。
"The lifeblood of what we're doing is making use of people's iPads that are in their drawers and on their desks that they don't use anymore,"said Ian Kaplan, a film director from Brooklyn.
布魯克林的電影導演伊恩.卡普蘭表示，「我們行動的宗旨是利用人們抽屜裡和桌子.上閒置的平板。」
The group explained to Fox News how the donated iPads could also benefit hospital staff with limited personal protective equipment,such as masks and gloves.
該組織向福克斯新聞解釋稱，捐贈的平板也可以幫助那些個人防護裝備(如口罩和手套)有限的醫院工作人員。
The tablet computers can allow medical staff to communicate with patients from outside of the room, decreasing their risk of exposure to the virus.
這種平板電腦可以讓醫護人員在病房外與病人交流，降低接觸新冠病毒的風險。
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