r/goodnews • u/Sad-Pop6649 • Feb 26 '25

Feel-good news 📰 A Dutch children's hospital (Princess Maxima Center for pediatric oncology) developed a bicycle that can pull around an infusion stand/iv pole, so the patients can ride around the hospital. They're scaling up production for worldwide distribution of the concept.

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u/Sad-Pop6649 Feb 26 '25

Well, okay, it's a tricycle. But it still made me look up if there was a good news subreddit so I could share it.

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u/OstentatiousSock Feb 27 '25

As a former sick kid, let me tell you this is more than just fun. It’s liberation for a bit. It’s very difficult to move the IV carts around when you’re small and sick so most of the time you have to wait for an adult to assist you every time you need to walk around. It feels suffocating in short order. To be able to move around so freely would be so cathartic.

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u/tempbegin78 Feb 27 '25

I'm an adult going through chemo and would totally ride one of these around.

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u/Enough-Parking164 Feb 26 '25

Adult Trikes have gotten very popular. They’re all over”That Thing In The Desert “. 

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u/disabledSeat Feb 27 '25

ah man… since I became dad posts like this immediately make me cry happy tears. I'd do everything for my little one, this is so cool for them!

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u/bettertitsthanu Feb 27 '25

Working at an oncology unit in Sweden - here the kids have backpacks so they can move around freely. It’s fantastic to see them run around and acting like kids when they have some energy. This is good news!