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Hospigame, a mobile app decreasing the stress of children in hospitals

As you may know many children are afraid from the hospital. Being afraid make them nervous and increase the number of a difficult care as the use of anesthesia. To face this problem some healthcare specialists and video game developer in collaboration with associations as the Red Cross have developed a serie of serious games. Those games are called Hospigame.     The initial game is a funny guided tour for children. The child and the parents get a tablet while entering the hospital and will have a guided tour with augmented reality mini doctors showing the waiting room, the room for care, the room for surgery, etc. You scan QR codes on posters and doctor dresses and got a peaceful visit to the places in the hospital. This will decrease the stress of children and help to make the operations smoother. An operation that children especially dislike is a blood test. To make this operation less stressful a serious game for tablet has been developed where the child can play and foresee al