A Scottish youngsters’s hospital charity has launched a gamer in residence for younger sufferers in Glasgow.
The brand new job includes visiting youngsters to play video video games with them, stopping boredom and offering some gentle reduction.
Steven Mair, who was appointed by the Glasgow Youngsters’s Hospital Charity, says gaming has already offered large advantages to the sufferers.
He stated that taking part in Mario Kart has improved the mobility of a affected person’s hand and that it was additionally a great tool in distracting the kids throughout medical procedures.
“Considered one of my first classes right here on the hospital was a affected person who was on a plasma change and that may be fairly intrusive”, he added.
“Once I went in to play with that affected person, it saved him distracted all through the entire process.”
Josephine, the mum of eight-year-old Laura Jayne, stated her daughter had been in hospital for six months.
She stated: “It has been actually good simply to cross the time. Generally it helps her to work together with the avid gamers. She actually will get loads out of it.”
