The initiative, called 'Play Zone', has been developed through a collaboration agreement with Lilly and has, among its objectives, try to lower the level of stress it supposes for these children frequently go to the hospital.
In this sense, the head of pediatric endocrinology of the Cruces University Hospital, Itxaso Rica, pointed out that the new space "contributes to children to be more relaxed and entertaining" while waiting in the consultation and "that tranquility contributes to a better oneand more human attention. "
About 7,000 minors come to this service every year at the Cruces Hospital and currently attended a total of 140 children with type 1 diabetes. As explained by the project responsible, when a minor with diabetes is diagnosed, it isFrequent that the child has to go to the external consultations of the Hospital's Pediatric Endocrinology Service once or twice a week, initially, and every two or three months when the treatment is stabilized.
The 'Play Zone' includes games, tables and chairs so that the little ones "entertain and paint", and reading areas with educational stories such as those starring the monita coco, a Disney character with diabetes.With "a pleasant and simple language", these stories explain "how Coco can make the same life as other children of their age, provided that their illness is planned and known."
"To see children with diabetes that with specific care can enjoy a full life, it is a fundamental action to minimize the impact that this disease can cause in their day to day. Through the example of coconut, these little patientsThey can learn, in a simple and fun way, what diabetes consists of and how to live with it, "explained the director of Corporate Affairs of Lilly, Teresa Millán.
This action is framed within the Osakidetza strategy so that people are the axis of the health system and within the objective of the OSI Ezkerraldea Enkarterri Cruces to "improve the treatment, comfort and organization of assistance."