Lucas Alcantara, 7, says he enjoys playing video games while staying in the hospital. His favorite game is Minecraft Dungeons. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
On any given day, a patient at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital might receive a knock on their door. The hospital employee on the other side is there to ask an unexpected question: “Are your video game-related needs being met?”
Sam Giles Le Blanc (OHSU)
That employee is Sam Giles Le Blanc, OHSU Doernbecher’s patient technology specialist — though he usually introduces himself as “the video game guy.” Giles Le Blanc manages the therapeutic gaming program, a new addition to the hospital’s Child Life Therapy Program.
Child Life therapy focuses on the emotional, social and developmental needs of kids, helping patients and their families cope with being in the hospital through play, education and…
