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The Wii is proving a hit across the US medical scene. Several US hospitals have admitted using the Nintendo console as an additional method of post-injury patient rehabilitation. Dubbed 'Wiihabilitation', the treatment has already been used in various US-based hospitals to treat patients recovering from a wide scope of …

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  1. Michael Sheils
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    Does this mean...

    ...I can get myself a Wii on the NHS?

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  2. Andrew Moore

    A little late???

    The Rehab Centre in Deansgrange, Dublin have been using them for nearly a year. A mate of mine who had a stroke was telling me about htem.

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  3. Andy Worth

    Wiihabilitation

    What a great made-up word.....similar to "Safetergent" (as in the Woolite ads). Oh...hang on.....I hate that advert.....

    Actually there's legs in using a console like this for rehabilitation....it stimulates the mind (and cheers people up - and happiness is one of the best things for a patients health) as well as offering light exercise and a chance to improve co-ordination.

    Wii's on the NHS anyone??

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  4. Chad H.
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    As long as it doesnt mean

    Their entire training program just consists of trauma Centre Wii

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