That's the sound of celebration.

As another recovered COVID-19 patient is healthy enough to go home from the hospital.

All over the country, hospitals have developed their own rituals like this.

New York's Westchester Hospital plays the Beatles, here comes the son, every time a patient

is discharged.

Philadelphia's Nazareth Hospital plays the theme song from Rocky.

It is deeply inspiring, but it's also important to point out that for some patients, this

is only the beginning of what can be a long road to recovery.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

fact, versus fiction.

A doctor who had not seen before comes in and he said, Hi, my name is Dr. Lang, I need

to do a rather aggressive treatment on you.

Do you have a wife and children?

If so, we need to call them and tell them, we need to essentially tell them goodbye because

you have about a 20% chance of surviving this.

I can't even imagine.

I mean, is it hard to talk about?

The hardest part of all to remember is the phone call to my wife and kids.

I mean, that was just awful.

What started as a coffin of fever ended with 49-year-old Michael Herbert in the intensive

care unit, unsure if he'd ever see his family again.

I didn't know what was going to happen if I was going to wake up her notes.

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