Playing dolls about treatment

Help Us Bring MediKin Dolls to Kids Fighting Cancer in Moscow

When a child is in the hospital, they often don’t fully understand what’s happening inside their body. But play — especially with dolls — remains an important and comforting part of their life. That’s where MediKin Teaching Aidescome in. These special medical dolls combine a child’s natural love of play with the educational and psychological tools doctors need to explain what’s going on during treatment.

With the help of MediKin dolls, doctors can gently and clearly show young patients what’s happening in their bodies — and how treatment helps them heal.

We want to purchase the first set of MediKin Teaching Aides for the Dmitriy Rogachev Pediatric Hematology Centerin Moscow — Russia’s leading hospital for children with cancer and blood disorders. While the doctors there do everything they can to save lives, there simply isn’t extra funding for tools like MediKin.

We believe that, together with your help, we can make a real difference by providing this gift — giving children better psychological support and helping them feel less afraid.

The first set we hope to purchase includes:

• Hematology Teaching  Vein
  Hematology Teaching Bone
  Rotationplastry-Amputee MediKin
  Bone Marrow/Spinal Tap Aspiration Adapter
  Central Line/Implanted Port Adapter
  Facial Expression Adapter Set
  MediKin Carrying Case 
  

According to The MediKin Teaching Aides:

"These extraordinary medical manikins can eliminate a child's fears, overcome language barriers, and give medical professionals a way to discover how a child is feeling about their illness or treatments."

We believe that’s true — and we want to give it a try in Moscow.

Please help us bring comfort, understanding, and even a little fun to children going through cancer treatment.