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Clowns cheer up young patients at Bangalore hospital | A group of four persons including a doctor spare their free time and dress themselves up as clowns to visit the children's ward at different hospitals in Bangalore. Named Doctor Clown Group, these volunteers
led by Dr Mili Jelan, a physician, have taken up this 'assignment' of amusing
the tiny patients on a serious note with an aim to diverting attention of the young
ones from their illness. By turns they have been making rounds of various hospitals
and literally 'de-stressing' the in-patient children to a great extent as normally
children dread doctors, detest medicines and above all endure the pains of sickness.
Dr. Mili Jelan has termed this as distraction therapy and says it ushers a good
amount of relief to the child. "It's like a distraction therapy where we change
the mood in the ward for a little while. It takes the children, their parents
and even those who are attending to the patients....it take their mind off the
illness for a little while," said Dr. Jelan. Parents are elated to see their children
forget the pain and illness with a hearty chuckle and say this initiative of the
four-member laughing brigade deserves all encouragement. "I think it's a good
concept of making the kids to forget their pain and also make them very happy.
It seems they have been coming every week. I am very happy for them to come every
week here and make the kids happy," said Geeta, mother of a patient. The concept
of Doctor Clown was started in France in year 2004. Incidentally, one of the members
of that group came to Bangalore and started workshops for the same. The clowns
are not professionals but volunteers from different fields and they have learnt
the art of making the world laugh, courtesy the workshop conducted by one of the
Doctor Clowns in Bangalore. |
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