Last week, we already spoke about the University Hospital of Zurich and their commitment to the fight for improved hygiene in hospitals. reports. Another Swiss medical company uses VR for slightly different purposes.
The Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPC) is being modernised and expanded. To attract the necessary skilled workers, it relies on a cinema bus with wheelchair challenge and virtual reality.
In the cinema bus, the visitor sits in a converted wheelchair, wears virtual reality glasses and sees the world through the eyes of a paraplegic. The wheelchair moves, the visitor drives and feels along: Suddenly everything is completely different. Nothing works any more. Paraplegic. Forever. And yet everything is just a hint of what paraplegics really experience.
The main character in the film is Marcel. He has an accident on his mountain bike and has been paraplegic ever since. The story shows the most important stages - from the rescue by Rega to the stay in the SPC in Nottwil to the new everyday life of the family in Aarau. Marcel is played by our paraplegic employee Nicolas Hausammann, who is responsible for sports marketing in Wheelchair Sport Switzerland.
The film was shot with a 360° camera and looks particularly close with the VR glasses.
The Wheelchair Challenge is the centrepiece of a new human resources campaign. HR boss Andreas Korner says: "With our campaign, we want to sensitise people to the issue of paraplegia and thus attract new skilled workers."
The film is presented in the cinema bus, a freshly dressed SPC van. If the bus is not on tour, the Wheelchair Challenge can be visited at the SPC in Nottwil. A slot can be booked by telephone +41 41 939 57 70 or by Email be booked.
The film lasts three and a half minutes, participation is free. If it gets too much for you, you can stop at any time. Graduates of the Wheelchair Challenge receive a postcard as a souvenir. The idea is that they will forward it to a suitable professional and thus support the recruitment of the SPC.
The dates are as follows:
- May 2017 Olten, Wings for Life Run 2017, launch site
- and 26 May 2017 Nottwil, Trade Exhibition GWÄRB17, Guido A. Zäch Institute
- and 28 May 2017 Arbon, World class at the lake
- June 2017 Meyriez-Murten, SAR Conference
- and 3 June 2017 Nottwil, ParAthletics 2017
Those who feel ready for the Wheelchair Challenge and dare the change of perspective that gets under the skin will find here more info.
Source: SPZ
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