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We have provided one Rocket Scanner at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Rocket Scanners are innovative, playful, rocket-shaped MRI-simulators designed to help children overcome the fear and anxiety associated with an MRI scan. By providing our hospital with a Rocket Scanner, you have reduced distress and anxiety in the young children we care for and ensured that thousands of children can be scanned without feeling so frightened; thank you.
Our appeal was first championed by Gillian Bailey-Smith, Diagnostic Modality Lead for MR scanning.
Gillian said:
“The Rocket Scanners let children see themselves as they are sat inside the scanner, as well as track their own progress for remaining still. The first experience of an MRI scan can shape how someone feels about scans for the rest of their life. If we can make that first experience positive, we can reduce trauma and the need for sedation, not just now but into adulthood.”
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