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The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, and the Minister of Health, María Ángeles Palacios, distributed this morning, some 400 books among patients in the Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Murcia, within the program 'informal reading' of the Ministry Culture, which aims to provide maximum access to reading for all citizens, and also through the works of writers from Murcia.
The Minister of Health recognized this activity as a "project of special interest to patients in a hospital, because during the time it must be admitted there is nothing better than a book to escape the world around you."
According to Palacios, "a book is always an open door to the imagination, a door for someone who has to spend several days in hospital is the best way to demonstrate that there is something beyond the windows."
For his part, Minister of Culture and Tourism said that "introducing reading as a methodology, a systematic day by day in a hospital, is a very interesting project and these forces coming together by the two ministries will give very productive. "
The first delivery of books in hospitals was conducted in August 2008 and in the second, also delivered nearly 400 books to patients, incorporating some novelties.
The news is the installation of a post of bookcrossing, a kind of display of books to promote the exchange, a car-Bibliomóvil, for the delivery of books to patients may be more comfortable, and as reported by Cruz, "will to hand over four hospitals to decide by the Ministry, "a varied assortment of books to go feed the bookcrossing and Bibliomóvil, a series of small books that were distributed through the rooms, the first 'audiobooks', edited CD, and in this case, as the counselor said, "are aimed at patients who are being treated for dialysis, which involves some time and to make the process more enjoyable, listening to a book a pleasant voice and an envelope reading I think it can absorb quite well this time out and delay associated with this process. "
In addition, promotional material gave references to the campaign "Reading Without Prescription ', which is included in the overall campaign of' informal reading."
"Ultimately, countering all obstacles that might impose the body with the mobility of the mind, imagination and intellect, and the promise, the desire that all these initiatives will be spread in a rational, systematic and programmed by all hospitals in the region, "the Minister of Culture of the Region of Murcia.
'Informal Reading'
The 'informal reading' is composed of three collections: 'The Library of Tram', which combines reading with public transportation; 'Microfronteras' casual texts published in small format, and 'Poetry in the file' bringing together the poems of the authors involved in the cycle of the same name held at the Coffee Regional Archives.
As indicated Cruz, this program is to "make the book of common spaces and add to each of the spaces of everyday life, the rhythm of each individual citizen."
Source: CARM
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