| 26 November 2004 |
| Radio Lollipop to hit hospital’s airwaves |
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Margaret Pullin, from Radio Lollipop, and NHS Tayside chief executive Gerry Marr are pictured signing a partnership agreement at Ninewells today. Watching, from left, are honorary volunteer co-ordinator for Radio Lollipop, Dorothy Culloch, paediatric nurse, Robert Muirhead, acting clinical group manager, Lorna Wiggin, honorary fund-raiser, Jacqui Marshall, and chairman of the Acute Services Division, Murray Petrie.
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| The link-up of young patients at Ninewells Hospital with a radio station geared especially for their needs came a step closer today. |
| Radio Lollipop is a children’s charity with volunteers who provide play care, comfort and entertainment for youngsters on hospital wards across the world.
The station already broadcasts from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh and Ninewells is set to become its first satellite link in Scotland.
Advances in technology will allow the Edinburgh show to be broadcast in Dundee and dedicated phone lines for the children in Ninewells will allow them to request songs, ask for dedications and enter the station’s competitions. |
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