Luz Saúde SA

04/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/16/2024 10:10

Warning: in this hospital, only playing is allowed!

23rd edition of Puppet Hospital, in Lisbon, with support from Hospital da Luz, takes place between April 20 and May 1.

There is no hospital as special as this, that's why it counts with the support of Hospital da Luz. Between April 20 and May 1, the 23rd edition of the Puppet Hospital (Hospital da Bonecada) will be set up once again in Praça Central at Centro Comercial Colombo, in Lisbon.

In the Puppet Hospital, and always in the context of play, with a puppet brought from home, children from 3 to 10 years old will learn how to take care of their puppets, thus losing the fear of the "white coat" of health professionals.

The Puppet Hospital:

  • Is an initiative of the Students Association of Medical Sciences Faculty (AEFCM), NOVA Medical School, developed in collaboration with other faculties in Lisbon.
  • Has for purpose to put aside the "white coats syndrome" so common in children, through fun moments of learning.
  • Every day, the children can visit "Tinoni" and the different rooms of the "hospital", that will reproduce the real hospital spaces. They will be received and followed-up by "doctors" (students from different courses in the health area), who will recreate healthcare activities in a playful way adapted to the children's ages.

It only remains to say that entry is free and the fun guaranteed, hand in hand with education for health.

We hereby invite parents, boys and girls: take a puppet and show up!

Date and schedule: Between 20 April and 1 May, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Place: Centro Comercial Colombo, Lisbon (central square, free entry)