Lightning McRuti: Catalan hospital smooths children’s trip to operating theater

A toy car to take children to the operating theater and make children’s stay in hospital more bearable is the latest initiative by Badalona's Can Ruti hospital.

The Germans Trias i Pujol hospital (known as Can Ruti) has named the car ‘Rayo MacRuti,’ drawing inspiration from Pixar’s cartoon movie, Cars, and its main character, Lightning McQueen.

“We want children to be less anxious when they go into the operating theater. We’ve been using clowns and other initiatives to make it more normal, which is the car's objective,” said Marta de Diego, the head of pediatric surgery at Can Ruti.