Latvia unveils statue for health workers
Latvia honors health workers
with a 19-foot statue
Location: Riga
of a female doctor
(SOUNDBITE) (Latvian) SCULPTOR, AIGARS BIKSE, SAYING:
"I was watching the news, I was watching how medics met great difficulties in Italy, how they slept on hospital floors, how their faces were wounded due to wearing masks for long hours. I understood that I, as an artist, as a sculptor, should say something."
It was built over three weeks
using light-weight synthetic foam
that is resistant to extreme weather
and will stay up until next year