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Hospital Volunteers Bring a Playlist, Not Another Form
· New York time
Volunteer musicians with Musicians On Call play songs for hospitalized veterans and other patients. The program brings live music into hospital rooms, adding a personal encounter to days often organized around clinical routines. A song is a familiar part of ordinary life, which can make its arrival in an unfamiliar setting meaningful. The volunteers bring instruments and music to people spending time in rooms they did not choose, offering a different sort of visit amid the schedules of a hospital stay. The program does not replace the work of medical professionals. It gives patients an opportunity to hear live music and meet the people playing it. That is a modest contribution, but it is also one that fits poorly into the usual categories of a hospital timetable. For once, the person entering the room may be there to offer a tune rather than request another signature. The paperwork can wait until the music ends.
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