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Lucy Marshall

The new £20,000 MRI system at Leeds Cancer Centre helping hundreds of children

A brand new MRI system has helped a nine-year-old Leeds boy with a rare disease.

A donation of over £20,000 has been donated to Leeds Cancer Centre by Yorkshire Children's Hospital Fund. Now a brand new MRI entertainment system has been installed in order to help children during scans.

Having a MRI scan can be very distressing for young children, and often staff have to use general anaesthetic to send a child to sleep so they lie still. The new entertainment system means that instead of sedation, children have a welcome distraction from treatment. Now, they can watch their favourite movies and TV shows on platforms like Disney+ and Netflix.

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