Kids are loving this tiny Rolls-Royce they get to drive to surgery
There's nothing like a ride in a luxury vehicle to take your mind off things. But if you are well below driving age and in the hospital for surgery that's not really a feasible option -- until now.
Rolls-Royce this week donated a mini version of one of their vehicles to St. Richard’s Hospital Pediatric Day Surgery Unit in West Sussex, England -- the hometown of the car maker.
Fittingly named the Rolls-Royce SRH, it's perfect for the young patients to zoom around on their way to surgery. Talk about traveling in style.
Rolls-Royce said they hope the vehicle reduces patients' stress as they head to the surgery theater.
Even if it's not a full-size car, the manufacturing team put in tons of care and devotion and a total of 400 hours. The car comes complete with a two-tone paint scheme (Andalusian white and Salamanca blue) and a "hand-applied" St. James Red coach line. To help with the design, the motor company even used 3D printing.
The hospital and its patients looked thrilled with their new wheels.
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Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
