Dressed up as superhero characters, university students in northwestern Turkiye scaled the facade of a local hospital to help cheer up young inpatients staying there, giving them presents through the window.
Marking the country’s National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, held every year on April 23, students from the Uludag University Caving Club in Bursa province donned the costumes and climbed up the hospital of their university’s Faculty of Medicine to deliver the gifts and put a smile on the faces of kids receiving treatment at the facility.
Speaking at the event, Rector Ahmet Saim Kilavuz said such community services were one of the university’s important duties.
In cooperation with the local electricity distributor and the university’s Cave Research Community, they distributed gifts to the children to make them happy and share the joy of the holiday, said Kilavuz.
Thanking the students, he added: “I wish our little ones good health. I hope they regain their health as soon as possible and celebrate April 23 outside the hospital.”
Medical student Nur Korkmaz, who climbed into the building to give the children their gifts, said that they had previously held an event at the oncology hospital that led to the same emotional moments.
“The happiness is so tangible in their eyes when we reach these children who can’t leave the hospital on such special days. The same for their families. It’s such a beautiful feeling I can’t describe,” Korkmaz added.
Mehmet Mustafa Erdogan, 13, one of the patients, said he was delighted by the heroes who climbed up the building gave him gifts.
“We wanted to put a smile on the faces of our children who are being treated at the hospital here, and give them a nice gift. Our Cave Research Community also participated in this effort. It was a very nice activity together,” said Gokay Fatih Danaci, general director of the local power company.
Source: Anadolu Agency