Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity reassure kids about PPE with heartwarming video

In a bid to reassure children who may be worried or scared by medical professionals dressed in PPE, Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) have released a video with the message that it is ‘still just us’.

On Saturday, ECHC released the video on their social media channels which showed children dressed as professionals who wear PPE to work including astronauts, chefs, vets, firefighters and even Ghostbusters.

They also included grown up hospital workers, dressed in PPE, who reveal that underneath the gowns and masks which could be unnerving to little ones that they are the same friendly faces underneath it all.

Roslyn Neely, CEO of ECHC, said: “Coming to hospital can be pretty scary for a child at the best of times, but is especially daunting at the moment with all the doctors and nurses wearing their special PPE.

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“The staff at the Sick Kids let us know that while they’re wearing their COVID PPE, they can’t use all the tricks that they usually use to reassure children and help them feel calm and relaxed.

“So we called on the help of some of our friends who wear PPE that children are used to seeing to make the video. We hope it will help to reassure them and show that these special suits are keeping the doctors and nurses safe while they help people get better.”