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What a forbidden hug from a nurse during lockdown meant to one a cancer patient

Shortly after the COVID-19 lockdown began, Ashleigh Bell Pedersen was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She came to desperately miss physical touch during treatment.

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