Heart-throb hunks help patients relax
NURSES have put posters of Brad Pitt and George Clooney on the ceiling of a hospital examination room to help women relax during gynaecological check-ups!
Staff at Leigh Infirmary hope the film star heart-throbs will help patients' minds wander while medical procedures are carried out.
They can also daydream about football hunk David Beckham and actor Jesse Metcalfe, who plays the gardener in TV's Desperate Housewives.
The posters have been pinned to the ceiling in an examination room on Ward 2, the hospital's gynaecology day surgery and outpatients unit.
A Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust spokesman said: "The posters are in the coloscopy clinic where ladies go for examinations.
"Patients can be lying on their backs for up to 15 minutes while procedures are carried out.
"The posters were suggested by Rachel Lowe, a staff nurse on Ward Two.
"She thought it would be nice to give patients something to look at other than the ceiling tiles.
"She mentioned it to her ward manager, Julie Cook, and with the help of other staff members they have made a collage of pictures.
"There used to be a poster of a polar bear skidding in the snow on the ceiling, but then they asked patients for suggestions and they said they would like to see pictures of men up there."
One woman attending the ward as a day patient said: "The pictures are a great idea.
"They are something pleasant to look at while you're lying there. It's a nice distraction."
The collage also features pictures of idyllic tropical beach scenes, dolphins and puppies.
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