Cardinal Glennon patients get virtual visit of St. Louis Aquarium
ST. LOUIS — Sharks, sea otters and robots? All may very well be discovered on the St. Louis Aquarium on Wednesday as sufferers from SSM Well being Cardinal Glennon Kids’s Hospital rolled by way of.
Younger sufferers received to take a tour of the aquarium at Union Station with out leaving the hospital. It is known as a “reverse affected person outing,” and it was the primary time Cardinal Glennon used the robots outdoors of the hospital.
“All through the previous two years our division’s simply been making an attempt to get inventive to nonetheless supply particular occasions to our sufferers regardless of the totally different customer restrictions that we now have,” mentioned Hannah Byrne, particular occasions coordinator for the kid’s life division at Cardinal Glennon. “It is our manner to make use of know-how to nonetheless present sufferers with that constructive expertise whereas they’re on the hospital.”
The youngsters received to roll previous the fish and different animals whereas the aquarium’s trainers might see the children’ faces on a display screen on the entrance of the robotic.
The digital guests might additionally ask questions throughout the tour.
“It is superb to see sufferers, basically, make the most of know-how and after they’re in a position to simply hop on the pill and log in to the robotic,” mentioned Byrne. “It is superb to see them instantly begin engaged on it and have the ability to discover outdoors the hospital surroundings.”
The St. Louis Aquarium opened on Christmas Day in 2019 and is dwelling to 13,000 animals.