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MEDICAL CLOWNS

Dr Ankita D Patil

IInd Yr PG Student

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CLOWNSComic performers

providing humor

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What Are MedicalClowns?

Medical Clowns provide Clown Careor Hospital Clowning

A form of special medical care todeliver humor to patients to build uptheir physical and emotional health

Mainly used for pediatric patients

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Role of a clown and a physician is the same:To elevate the possible and to relieve

suering!"

A famous quote by Dr HunterDoherty !atch"Adams# a doctor%clown American !hysician&

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How is this done?

#octors$%aramedical &ta dress up asclowns

'se s(ills li(e magic) playing pran(s)music)storytelling

Help patients) children in having theirdaily dose of fun and recreation!

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Why this form of medical care?

Helps patients deal with the variedset of emotions li(e fear) an*iety ofbeing in a hospital) boredom )

dullness)etc

%rovides a Hospital friendlyenvironment

+vercomes ,hite Coat &yndrome

Ma(es the patients more comfortablewhile interacting with doctors

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How this wor's?

-aughter is a .,onder #rug

-aughter

Raises /ndorphinlevels 0natural

pain(iller1 2oostsimmunity byraising T celllevels

Reducesserum cortisollevels

Combatsstress

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(ene)ts to Health CareSystem

%atients are more comfortable andcooperative while eliciting Historyand doing an e*amination) hence

help in reaching diagnoses easily

+pen out freely about their illness infront of the doctors

2etter follow in +%#s

2etter response to treatment

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History

3n 4567 2ig Apple Circus Clown Care 'nit in 8ew9or( was the rst program launched of this (ind

3nvolved a group of professional clowns trained

e*tensively in hospital procedures) circus s(ills)and ma(e rounds as "clown doctors

&imilar %rograms used all over the world incountries li(e Australia) 8ew

;ealand)'&A)Canada)/urope

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History

#r Hunter Doherty !atch Adamsis anAmerican physician

3nstitute in 45@4

/ach year he organies a group of volunteersfrom around the world to travel to variouscountries where they dress as clowns in an eortto bring humour to patients

The =esundheit> 3nstitute involves the concept of"humanitarian clowning"

'ses the theme of laughter as an integralelement of eective doctoral care!

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Medical Clowns in *ndia

%=3 Chandigarh is the rst everinstitution to adopt this concept

/very wee( )children and theirparents at the Advanced %ediatricsCentre 0A%C1 of this institute aregreeted by BMr Ha HaB and BMs He HeB

as the clown doctors are called Removed fear and made children

more comfortable at the hospital

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Conclusion

The concept of Medical Clowns canbe denitely a good step towardsimproving the physical and emotional

health of patients

Has a positive benet towards theirfamilies too

&hould be considered as a form ofcare at various institutes

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+HAN, -O.