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6 January 2002
The Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol is the first
purpose built childrens hospital in the UK. It treats
15,000 inpatients and day cases, over 30,000
outpatients and 20,000 Accident and Emergency
admissions per year. It is a unique facility and
Radio Lollipop Volunteers are already working with
the children and are planning a Studio installation
in due course.
The picture shows HRH Prince Charles meeting Radio Lollipop at the new Royal Hospital for Children in Bristol. Radio Lollipop Volunteer Karyn Davies introduces Sabina, age 7. Nargis, age 16, (centre) watches on and was so excited she rang her family in Bangladesh soon after. Also pictured is Graham Nix, Deputy Chief Executive of the United Bristol Healthcare Trust.
Extract from a leaflet about the new hospital:
Modern paediatric practice recognises that
children recover more quickly in a comforting,
familiar and stress-free environment with plenty of
close support from the family. The new hospital is
child centred which means it is designed to
incorporate these principals and so aid the healing
process.
