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Coronavirus In Minnesota: Singing Mayo Clinic Doctor Spreads Hope And Joy

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A Mayo Clinic doctor is spreading joy with the power of music.

Elvis Francois, an orthopedic surgery resident at Mayo Clinic, took to facebook to spread a valuable message: "the world will live as one."

Francois sang a rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine," accompanied on the piano by Dr. William Robinson.

Imagine all the people... —- In life, there are so many things that divide us. Religion, race, politics, social status...

Posted by Elvis Francois on Monday, March 23, 2020

"There is something beautiful about a collective struggle. And the beauty in what we are facing today is that the only way to overcome this pandemic is for us to all come together as one," Francois wrote on his facebook post.

READ MORE: For Singing Surgeon At Mayo Clinic, Music Is Medicine

The video, which was shared Monday evening, has almost 30,000 shares.

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