A first-of-its-kind programme in Europe has seen an Edinburgh children's hospital team up with the city's zoo to create a unique enclosure based on-site for them to learn all about animals.
Children at NHS Lothian’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) will soon be learning important conservation lessons from some very unusual teachers - a mob of meerkats based in the outdoor classroom within the hospital grounds.
Thanks to a partnership between Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC), NHS Lothian and RZSS, the inquisitive creatures, who will move in by next year, will give young patients, particularly those staying long term, the opportunity to learn all about nature and the environment.
