Music for little ears…

A Brisbane Children’s Hospital is the first in Australia to adopt a dedicated music therapy service inside a paediatric emergency unit.

The healing power of music is being harnessed in emergency rooms at Brisbane’s Lady Chilento Children’s Hopital to help settle young’uns during oft-distressing procedures.

And it seems no genre is off-limits, with music therapist Maggie Leung saying children’s requests range from nursery rhymes to good ol’ Acca Dacca.  AT