Encana donates $500,00 to pediatrics lab
Posted Apr 10, 2012 2:41 pm.
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It’s being compared to flight simulation for pilots and will give doctors and nurses the tools they need to save lives.
Officials at Alberta Children’s Hospital are one step closer in being able to construct Canada’s largest pediatrics simulation lab.
Tuesday, energy giant Encana announced a $500,000 donation in moving the Children’s Hospital foundation towards its $2.4-million goal.
Special dolls, that will become part of the technology medical professional have available in the new facility, blink and even move, but most importantly they help save young lives.
Dr. Vincent Grant says they’re an important learning tool that will create mock traumas in a hospital-type setting.
“We’re dealing with the health of different areas, different situations, different types of equipment and so not only is the education so tiered, it’s individual education,” he says.
Grant says technology has come a long way since he trained on a pillow case when he was in school.
They’re hoping for an opening date of sometime next year.
