Peru doctors ease patients' pain with song

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Doctors ease patients' pain with song

at this hospital in Peru

Location: Callao

They provide those needing treatment

with cheerful tunes to lift their spirits

and drown out the beeps and hisses

of monitors and machines

(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CLINICAL MANAGER OF THE ALBERTO SABOGAL HOSPITAL, DR. HELGA SOLIS, SAYING:

"People always liked it when I sang - even though I sing as a lyric soprano - they like to hear me. They tell me, 'when you sing those 'Ahs', we like it, it makes us feel well.''

The patients can't get enough

of the doctors' dulcet tones

(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PATIENT AT THE ALBERTO SABOGAL HOSPITAL, PABLO SOSA, SAYING:

"A song like that lifts the spirits of those of us who are in delicate heath, and it gives us more strength to keep fighting. I think it's something they're doing for all of us who are hospitalized here, something very nice."

The medical team also believe music

helps release endorphins

which make the patients feel better