Open Day At Southampton General hospital.

We had an open day at our hospital on the 24/09/2016 to show everyone behind the senses of what they do and the departments they work in. I took my children to it and they had so much fun. They got to sit on the emergency motorbikes. They got to see the intensive care unit ambulance as well as walking through a grant inflatable breast to look at the signs of knowing when to spot breast cancer.

They got to walked around the hospital and go into departments that they normally wouldn't be allowed to go into. They were very interested to find out what they do and how they find out what is going on with people DNA or even their cells. They even found out about dry ice and how it works. They even had fun with having a fake cast on which they loved and found it very funny. 

They got to see a lot of the wards and how they help people and also how long they might have to stay there for. They also found out that on one of the wards they help little children fighting cancer and how they make them feel like they are at home for their time on the ward, they also have enough space to help with parents staying with the children.

We also found out how DNA is found in people and how they use it to help find things that may have or is in a family DNA. We also went to the children's outpatients ward where they found out what they do and where they take children to have their bloods taken.

The open day started at 11am and finished at 3pm. But in my opinion that wasn't long enough as there was so much to see and do and there wasn't enough time for the children or adults to have a look around.

We are hoping that they do it again next year as the children loved it and maybe we will see all the things we didn't get to see. But other than that the kids enjoyed it very much.

Here are some more pictures.