Child Health Society held their second Teddy Bear Hospital recently at the Waterside shared village in Derry/Londonderry. The student society partnered up with the Altnagelvin parents group and Western Health and Social trust. The day was a massive success with two groups of children arriving with their 'sick' teddy bears to help them get better at the hospital.
The students are passionate about paediatrics and wanted to help alleviate the fears of children who spend time a lot of time in hospital. They children at the teddy bear hospital had complex medical needs and this event really helped to get them involved in different medical procedures and make it fun and engaging.
Apart from the event being a great success it also attracted a lot of media attention. BBC news, UTV, Derry journal and Ulster University PR team all getting involved on the day.
