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Union County nurse recognized after returning from front lines in New York City

After 31 days working in a tent hospital in Central Park, Charlotte nurse Corinne Chausse returned to Atrium Union to learn she won a new car from Hyundai.

Amy Lehtonen

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Published: 6:42 PM EDT May 21, 2020
Updated: 6:56 PM EDT May 21, 2020

Corinne Chausse woke up from a sound sleep, wet with perspiration. 

Her throat was scratchy and sore. 

She coughed.

She was unsettled and tried to reassure herself it was just exhaustion and hydration from spending hours in PPE without a drink, night and after night in a field hospital in Central Park treating COVID patients.

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