Short stories that are shared among the admitted patients. This is the program, ‘Prescribing readings‘ which is held in the High Resolution Hospital of Guadix (Granada). An initiative to encourage reading thanks to the collaboration of the hospital with the municipal library of Guadix.
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A new vaccine tries to reduce mortality in hospital Intensive Care Units
Researchers of the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville has found a vaccine able to fight a bacterium, the Acinetobacter Baumanni, that is a great threaten to intensive care patients. It causes pneumonia, what can be deadly for these patients.
Solidarity among patients helps recovering their voice to those who lost it due to cancer
Seven years ago Manuel was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and his larynx had to be removed; that’s why he had to learn how to speak again. Now he is the one helping other patients who have gone through his same situation to recover their voice at the Cabra Hospital in the Andalusian province of Cordova.
Giraff, a robotic flat mate that gives autonomy to chronic patients
Giraff Plus is a medical robot that intends to give more autonomy to chronic patients making elders living independently in their own house for longer. It is like a flat mate and its name is Giraff, due to its long neck that ends up in a head-screen that serves to communicate the patient and the […]