Malvern Seventh-day Adventist Church issued the following announcement on July 10.
Reinvention was due to the pandemic and brings comfort to patients
To honor hospital institutions and healthcare professionals, July 2nd is recognized as National Hospital Day. Since 2013, a Christian hospital humanization group, known as Doctors of Hope, maintained by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), has operated in hospitals throughout Brazil to bring joy to hospitalized children, adults, and elderly people, along with their caregivers and health professionals.
Started in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, the project now has hundreds of volunteers and has spread to other cities, such as Barra Mansa, Pinheiral, Barra do Piraí, Petrópolis, Paty do Alferes, Brasília, and others. To date, the project continues to expand into new regions.
The essence of the project is a clown who plays being a doctor attending to the joy of the hospitalized patients. The rooms of patients are also usually infused with messages of hope carried in by volunteers. However, with the pandemic, the group had to reinvent itself. That's how “Adriana” - a digital clown that visits the rooms of patients - came into existence.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Malvern Seventh-day Adventist Church
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