Medicine and the arts come together to improve pediatrics at Hospital del Tajo

He Tagus Hospital launched a project in collaboration with Uniteco Foundation and Suite of Art With which he will promote and improve patient care in his pediatric area by combining murals and various interactive materials.

It is an action that saw the light of day today, when various celebrities participated in the event to inaugurate it, such as Enrique Ruiz EscuderoMinister of Health of the Community of Madrid, Maria Jose Martinez de la Fuente, the mayor of Aranjuez, and Marisa Garcia Gonzalez, Managing Director of Tagus University Hospital.

There are many actions in the project so that children interact and understand the steps they go to the pediatrician’s office, in such a way that they will facilitate their work when consulting or intervening and, in turn, survive the patients’ time in the hospital.

This is how Tagus University Hospital will comply strategy aimed at activating its pediatric sector, supporting the work of its its professionals with new tools, offering new positive encouragement for children, and keeping them away from their worries, while also innovating in management and patient care.

To do this, they have developed five elements that will completely transform the user experience for patients. most influential and are groundbreaking muralsSome paintings that will include characters representatives of the region, such as strawberries and a watermelon that are symbols of Aof Aranjuez and Villaconejos.

the project is 9 murals, one large and 8 distributed throughout the pediatrics flooring these allow you to enter an augmented reality through QR codes, where children will interact with the stories and be able to relate them to their experience while they are in the hospital.

With this, the Uniteco Foundation and the Suite of Art get Going to the Pediatrician Becomes a GameAllay your fears about the most common techniques, such as analysis, use of thermometers, auscultation, etc., and provide the pediatrician with faster and more Entertaining of the patient

On the other hand, there are some notebooks designed for children to paint and color the characters of each story. from the same notebooks, it is also allowed Augmented reality access and kids can copy images Finally, pediatricians will be trained to make the most of the resources of each story and distract the patient as little as possible to do their job.

During the event, Ruiz Escudero commented that the Tagus University Hospital has shown that it can “Prepared to provide the highest quality care, Children’s murals have immense human value. They have managed to adapt the spaces for the comfort the kids deserve. Strawberries and watermelons, representatives of the region, have turned into mascots and accompany the children during their stay through augmented reality. Many thanks to Suite of Art and Fundación Uniteco for their commitment to this Hospital and the Madrid Health System. They have managed to create modern aids that benefit from new technologies without losing focus on citizen care.”

Tagus University Hospital has put emphasis on hand in hand Marisa Garcia Gonzalez, Managing Director, that “humanization is part of an important line for us, This has a tremendous direct impact on the emotional well-being of patients and professionals. This is important for the entire healing process to be successful.”

Uniteco Foundation wanted to shed light on that “We have taken the greatest care in this project. Children deserve everything and we know how difficult it is sometimes to consult them: their nerves, the fear of the unknown, that they feel bad… We believe that this action will be of great help to the pediatrician. grab baby’s attention Convincing him that he will be fine and doing it in a fun way is the best idea we’ve had in a long time”, as recognized by Juan Pablo Núñez, secretary of the Foundation.

Finally, Jaime Junk, CEO of Suite of Art, Commented that “This is one of our biggest social works. We are very excited, I think we have helped create a better world through unique and different art.”