Kids can now 'drive' themselves to surgery in a mini ROLLS ROYCE
Even as adults, the thoughts of going in for surgery can be terrifying, so just imagine how the kids feel.
Saying goodbye to mum and dad before being pushed through those double doors… they are no doubt wracked with fear and trepidation.
And this is something one hospital in the UK wants to change, which is where the Rolls Royce comes in.
The experience of ‘self-drive to theatre’ aims to reduce child patient stress for children awaiting surgery. #RollsRoyce SRH. pic.twitter.com/qkfYJZjUdU
— Rolls-Royce Media (@RollsRoyceMedia) March 1, 2017
From today, kids who have to go in for surgery in St Richard’s Hospital Pediatric Day Surgery Unit, Chichester, West Sussex, will arrive at the operating theatre in style.
The appropriately-named Rolls-Royce SRH will allow children awaiting surgery to drive themselves to the operating theatre, through the Pediatric Unit corridors which are lined with ‘traffic signs’.
And the reason?
The concept of the ‘self-drive to theatre’ is to reduce child patient stress.
And the car?
Well, in true Rolls Royce Style, the car is specified with a two-tone paint-scheme of Andalusian White and Salamanca Blue and finished with a hand-applied St James Red coachline.
The interior space of Rolls-Royce SRH is appointed with the same finesse and attention-to-detail afforded to every Rolls-Royce patron pic.twitter.com/5G6OEtE9Cb
— Rolls-Royce Media (@RollsRoyceMedia) March 1, 2017
The interior space is appointed with the same finesse and attention-to-detail afforded to every Rolls-Royce patron, with the two-tone steering wheel, seats and self-righting wheel centres perfectly colour-matched to the St James Red coachline.
A top speed of 16kmph (10mph) is achieved in seconds courtesy of power derived from a 24 volt gel battery that propels the car with the same whisper-quietness as Rolls-Royce’s magnificent V12 engines.
The Bespoke Manufacturing project team utilised 3D printing for Rolls-Royce SRH which included production of the Spirit of Ecstasy pic.twitter.com/2iSxCiZ9bj
— Rolls-Royce Media (@RollsRoyceMedia) March 1, 2017
For those preferring a more sedate journey, the speed setting is variable and can be limited to a statelier but no-less exhilarating 6 kmph (4mph).
“Just like the joy it will bring to our young patients, the Rolls-Royce SRH is simply priceless," Marianne Griffiths, Chief Executive, of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said.
"It is a very special gift and one of the most wonderful donations ever received by Love Your Hospital, our trust’s dedicated charity."
The biggest unveil for the smallest Rolls-Royce @loveyourhosp https://t.co/mJa6QUrDwI pic.twitter.com/GUlZ0dUhpm
— Rolls-Royce Media (@RollsRoyceMedia) March 1, 2017
What a genius idea; anything that makes a child's life stress-free can surely only be a good thing.