{"id":365666,"date":"2010-02-26T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/patient-led-exercises-at-hospitals-building-site"},"modified":"2010-02-26T09:40:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:40:04","slug":"patient-led-exercises-at-hospital%e2%80%99s-building-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/365666","title":{"rendered":"Patient-led exercises at hospital\u2019s building site"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (AP)<\/strong> – Workers building a new children’s hospital in Chicago are supposed to do stretching exercises at the site every morning.<\/p>\n

\nThe exercises are for their safety, and on Friday, they’re getting a special coach – an 11-year-old spina bifida patient will lead the exercises.<\/p>\n

\nAaron Holliday was born with the spine condition and is a longtime patient at Children’s Memorial Hospital. He enjoys wheelchair basketball, excels in school, and created a special routine that he’ll demonstrate with the workers.<\/p>\n

\nThe impromptu gym class takes place at the construction site for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. <\/span>It will replace the old Children’s and is being built on Northwestern University’s medical campus just north of the downtown Loop.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article from WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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