Coronavirus: gift bags, TV shows for little patients at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital as social worker visits remain cancelled amid pandemic

Little patients at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital are being offered alternative mental health support as visits of social workers and volunteers have been cancelled amid the Covid-19 pandemic.A thousand gift bags and various interesting television programmes have been prepared for children suffering from complex and rare diseases, to help them adapt to life in isolation, the hospital said.Since late January, social workers, who used to play an important role in accompanying children in the…