CIIE projects are piloted in Beijing, and Beijing Children’s Hospital has a new “checkpoint”
"What will she do next? Will she also wear a wig?" This afternoon, in a ward of Beijing Children's Hospital, a little girl wearing a hospital gown happily played with toys while asking the hospital social worker. Answer, seemingly completely forgetting the pain caused by the disease.
The toy in the little girl's hand completely reproduces the scene of the MRI examination area in the hospital - there is a waiting room, preparation room, examination room, and the doctor's operating room. "It also has a name, Lele Checkpoint." Medical staff at the scene told reporters.
Why did the "Lele Checkpoint" appear in Beijing Children's Hospital?
It turns out that this originated from the CIIE held in Shanghai last year. On the first day of the Sixth CIIE, the LEGO Group announced a cooperation with the Aiyou Charitable Foundation to jointly launch the pilot operation of the LEGO Lele Checkpoint public welfare project in China to promote medical checkup and science education for children through play. Beijing Children's Hospital is one of the hospitals participating in the early pilot project.
During daily diagnosis and treatment, many patients will have negative emotions such as anxiety and nervousness due to lack of medical knowledge and fear of the unknown. This situation is especially prominent when children undergo MRI scans. Zhang Guojun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, said that Lele Checkpoint effectively alleviates this problem. It not only helps children better cooperate with the checkup, but also provides a new way for medical staff to communicate easily with children. .
Ma Wei, director of the Medical and Social Work Department of Beijing Children's Hospital, said that after nearly half a year of observation and statistics, Lele Checkpoint has effectively improved the efficiency and quality of medical treatment for children in the hospital. "I look forward to adding motor functions to the model in the next step to more realistically recreate the medical scene for children. Once they see it more, they will no longer be afraid."
MRI scanner model – Lele Checkpoint.
The LEGO Play Report shows that 95% of children believe that play helps them relax, and 70% of children believe that play is the best way for them to learn new things.
"I am very happy to see that the LEGO Lele Checkpoint Project has achieved tangible results in the offline pilot, and has received recognition and positive feedback from children, parents and partner hospitals. In the future, we will further expand the scope of the pilot and serve more people in need. It provides children with opportunities to learn and develop through play," said Gu Jingqiu, head of corporate social responsibility of the LEGO Group in China.
As of May this year, the LEGO Group and the Aiyou Charitable Foundation have donated 1,626 sets of Lele Checkpoints to medical staff and social workers in 108 hospitals, covering 67 districts in the country.
