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March 29, 2007

Robotic kids help doctors sharpen their skills

  • The first children's surgical simulator in the region will be built at Swedish Medical Center.
    • By TERRY STEPHENS
    Special to the Journal

    Photo courtesy of Swedish Medical Center [enlarge]
    A robotic baby that cries and bleeds will be one of the faux patients medical teams will treat in Swedish Medical Center’s $1.6 million children’s surgical simulator.

    A $1.65 MILLION, high-technology construction project — the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation — will be launched soon at Swedish Medical Center. It will be the Pacific Northwest's first neonatal and pediatric treatment training center, complete with robotic patients.


     
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