10 year old Gibcyn Norlander  is all smiles as she  plays with an iPad that’s mounted on one of the medical grade arms – photo 250News 

Prince George, B.C.- Patients  in the Paediatric ward of the University of Northern BC Hospital in Prince George are now  linked to the  net.A fundraising effort by students of the Project Management program at UNBC, have provided 16 medical grade arms  that can hold iPads  for  the  young patients  in the paediatric ward.

“They raised about $50 thousand dollars” says  Northern Health’s  Fiona MacPherson  who is with  Northern Health’s IT department.

“It’s never a pleasant experience to be in the hospital, and this will  help make  their stay a little better” adds MacPherson. The dollars not only bought the 16 arms,   there was enough money for 16 iPads, necessary cables and connections and enough left over to  provide $14 thousand dollars in credits for iTunes to upgrade programs  and apps for the iPads.

As part of the program’s course students needed to plan and execute a project, they chose  to supply entertainment equipment  for the  UHNBC’s paediatric department .

The 18 students in the program raised  the money through local donations and a raffle.