#ninewells

खतरनाक ब्रेन ट्यूमर, सिर्फ 7 दिनों में चली गई 14 महीने के बच्चे की जान; डॉक्टर भी हैरान

पर्थशायर/स्कॉटलैंड: एक बच्चे को ब्रेन ट्यूमर हुआ. उसकी उम्र महज 14 साल की थी. ब्रेन ट्यूमर का पता तब चला, जब उसे उल्टियां होने लगी. लेकिन सिर्फ 1 सप्ताह में बच्चे ने दम तोड़ दिया, क्योंकि उसके सिर में मौजूद हर एक नस ट्यूमर में बदलने लगी थी. डॉक्टर भी हैरान हैं कि इतनी तेजी से बढ़ता ट्यूमर उन्होंने किसी भी मामले में नहीं देखा. डॉक्टरों का कहना है कि पूरी मानव जाति के सामने ये केस बड़ी चुनौती लेकर…

This was the most hectic and knackering day out of the whole week. It was techincally our last working day, as tomorrow we are giving our final presentations in the morning.

We began by being asked by Louise Valentine, to protoype without making, and simply just by answering the following questions:

Does our project increase everyday behaviours?

How might we design products and services to prevent mental illness?

How might we design activities that build resilience and promote mental health?

How might design help people to embed positive mental health activities as part of their daily lives?

We found this to be a useful exercise to really make sure we were all very clear on our concept and the practicalities of it, and so myself, Beth and Abbie went out on to Perth Road to our prototypes to the test. It was an interesting experience once we managed to get the images up on to street signs (all of us being 5ft wasn't entirely practical). We found that a lot of people, including young men which surprised us, turned their heads as the walked past it and smiled. A lot of older women even gave some "aaaaaw" sounds which was exactly what we were looking for.

After lunch, 4 of us visited the children's hospital at Ninewells to ask some of the children if they would help us out by drawing for us. We were overwhelmed by just how positive an outlook these children had, and really put the project into perspective for us. All the play specialists were very interested in our concept and said that they were really glad that they could help.

Some of the team also prototyped some more so that we can show everyone how our drawings and quotes will work as an advertisement campain, we have street lamp signs and bin signs, just to reiterate the idea of getting the message out throughtout Dundee.