ah, nervous. i m pumped, i m excited! i m a little bit nervous. we ve arrived at the hospital la paz in madrid and we re here to meet the kids fighting cancer. hello! omar chuckles why s that? well, it s because i m about to play some video games with them! this here is my new friend marco. how long have you been in the hospital? laughter ah, pokemon? yes. yeah? i have pokemon as well. i ve got my pokemon can i get my pokemon? can i show him? do you know how to play? go for it, man. check out my pokemon. now, we re notjust here playing games for the sake of it rather, it s said to reduce the pain that these kids feel. a trial at this hospital has been studying these children, who often feel pain due to their condition and the adverse effects
true. not that it matters, as right now, i think we re running out of time! both: argh! lara chuckles 0h, we didn t manage to save the world. i m s o rry! yeah, you ve all gone the way of the dinosaurs, i m afraid. apologies. we ve known for some time now that video games can help alleviate stress and anxiety, and only last year, we looked at a device called the mdoloris, which is usually used by doctors to see whether patients who are sedated are feeling pain or not. yeah, but they ve also been conducting other studies using the machine, specifically with kids who have cancer, to find out whether playing video games could do more for them than just be fun. omar mehtab has been finding out more. ah, nervous. i m pumped, i m excited! i m a little bit nervous. we ve arrived at the hospital la paz in madrid and we re here to meet the kids fighting cancer.
i think we re running out of time! both: argh! lara chuckles oh, we didn t manage to save the world. i m s o rryi yeah, you ve all gone the way of the dinosaurs, i m afraid. apologies. we ve known for some time now that video games can help alleviate stress and anxiety, and only last year, we looked at a device called the mdoloris, which is usually used by doctors to see whether patients who are sedated are feeling pain or not. yeah, but they ve also been conducting other studies using the machine, specifically with kids who have cancer, to find out whether playing video games could do more for them than just be fun. omar mehtab has been finding out more. ah, nervous. i m pumped, i m excited! i m a little bit nervous. we ve arrived at the hospital la paz in madrid and we re here to meet the kids fighting cancer.