Virtual reality headsets have become essential in clinics and hospitals. They promote patient relaxation but also recovery of cognitive functions after stroke or head trauma.
“It calms me down, it's very relaxing,” said a patient at the Hirslanden Cécile clinic in Lausanne, at 7:30 p.m., who performs dialysis three times a week for three hours. A VR headset makes these sessions somewhat less complicated, as she doesn't have to move around during them.
“We're in another world for a while, and it feels really good,” says another patient.
Reduce medication consumption
Operating rooms, oncology, maternity, the prostate center… These glasses, which were considered tools when they appeared in 2017, have now become essential and are considered real therapeutic tools.
Clinical nurse Lynn Alawi says: “It makes it possible, according to studies, to reduce medication consumption by 30 to 50%.”
For rehabilitation
Cut back on painkillers, but not only that. At the CHUV Rehabilitation Centre, virtual reality headsets help people recover after a stroke or head trauma.
“I've seen the progress I've made since I started,” says Bernard, a patient who has been at the center since February. He has already been able to regain some of his cognitive functions thanks to games programmed to stimulate damaged parts of the brain and designed by the Neurorehab team.
These games make it possible to target the parts of the brain that need to work, explains Andrea Serino, director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation, at 7:30 p.m.
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