Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many volunteer programs at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga had to be cancelled. One of these was the Music of Healing and Hope Program, which allows volunteer musicians to take turns playing for those gathered in the hospital’s lobby. Several front-line staff members decided to keep the music going by stepping up to the piano to volunteer their time during lunch breaks or even on their days off. Dian Ramnarine, an operating room RN, is one of the program’s volunteers. She says that people really missed the music. “It was so quiet. You noticed the difference with the absence of music. Now you have people commenting how wonderful it is to have the music back.” When the program was running with outside volunteers, there were 50 musicians who offered their time. Ramnarine is one of four staff members taking over during the pandemic, and says: “It’s been a genuine privilege and honour for me to do it...under the circumstances.”  (CTV News, Sept. 29)