Teddy bears get the care they need at pop-up hospital

 

 

Evelyn Kissane with student nurse Katie Sheehy

 

Enzo Coelhoso performing CPR on Ted

 

Fiadh Ní Chronín ensures her cuddly friend gets attention from student doctor Rashid Alghaithi

 

Lilah Clifford with her mom Lisa Clifford looking after Piglet

 

MTU pharmacy lecturers Clara Heinrich and Michelle Murphy chatting with Barbara and Aurelia O’Callaghan

 

Peter and Alice Farr with Pamela Farr and Claire Kelly, MTU

 

Alfie Tully tending to Teddy with student doctor Rashid Alghaithi

 

Harry Tully and Heidi Houlihan with student doctor Rashid Alghaithi

Teddy bears and cuddly toys of all shapes and sizes, some looking the worse for wear, got the expert care they needed at a special pop-up teddy bears’ hospital where medical professionals were on stand-by to offer assistance.

Doctors and nurses were on duty and kept on their toes as 150 children arrived at the Munster Technological University in Tralee to get great care for their favourite soft toys.

The event was organised by students and staff at the MTU in association with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and charity partner BUMBLEance – the world’s first ambulance service specifically designed and tailored for children.

The good news at the end of the busy shift was that all the soft toys and teddy bears were given a clean bill of health and they were discharged in the care of their loved ones who will give them the extra care they need at home.

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