The LEGO Foundation: donation of LEGO MRI scanner
The LEGO Foundation has announced it plans to donate 600 LEGO models of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to medical centers around the world, to help children feel less frightened by the process. Started by LEGO chemical technician Erik Ullerlund Staehr and Denmark’s Odense University Hospital, the project is being expanded, along with training material for staff.
Staehr said, “I’ve seen first-hand how children have responded to these models; making them feel more relaxed and turning an often highly stressful experience into a positive, playful one. From making a few LEGO MRI models with other LEGO employees in our free time, it’s amazing to see the project now being rolled out more broadly.”