{"id":210155,"date":"2026-09-16T20:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=210155"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:28:23","slug":"hospital-to-teach-kids-via-stuffed-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/09\/16\/hospital-to-teach-kids-via-stuffed-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital to teach kids via stuffed animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children and their favorite stuffed animals can get a hands-on introduction to healthcare during OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital\u2019s Teddy Bear Clinic from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 4 to 6 p.m.&nbsp;This free event requires no registration. Families should enter through Door 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Teddy Bear Clinic is designed to make healthcare feel friendly and fun while helping children become more comfortable with common medical experiences. Kids are encouraged to bring a favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal and guide their furry friend through interactive care stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stations will include: vitals, lab, X-ray, vaccines, casting, exercise, hand hygiene and nutrition.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\"> At each station, children can participate in age-appropriate activities while learning more about how healthcare teams care for patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Children and their favorite stuffed animals can get a hands-on introduction to healthcare during OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital\u2019s Teddy Bear Clinic from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 4 to 6 p.m.&nbsp;This free event requires no registration. Families should enter through Door 2. The Teddy Bear Clinic is designed to make healthcare feel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-24 02:47:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210156,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210155\/revisions\/210156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}