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PATIENT CARE
Children's hospitals let kids plug into local zoos in hopes of easing anxiety
Children at Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., are smiling a little more often now thanks to Zoo TV, a program recently started to relieve hospitalized children's stress and anxiety. The Sanford program is one of a handful of partnerships between hospitals and zoos to bring a little normalcy to the lives of young patients, especially those battling lifethreatening diseases.
With 14 weatherproof cameras set up to shoot live video from the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, Zoo TV offers children a chance to view tigers, monkeys, giraffes and other...