Liepāja Hospital Seeks Readers: After All, Someone Should Be Able to Open Books
While in Riga people only read Instagram captions to each other, Liepāja is looking for real book readers for hospital patients.
Liepāja Regional Hospital surprises with a revolutionary idea - they're looking for people who can read aloud! Psycho-emotional health coordinator Ilze Jēče, apparently desperate after patients got tired of listening only to tram bells from the window, is now seeking three to five heroes for this complex task.
The criteria are strict: must be empathetic and responsive. In other words, you need to not only know how to read, but also pretend that the story of Anna Karenina genuinely moves you. The job requires two hours per week, which by Liepāja standards is almost a full workload - this isn't Riga where people can afford to work 60 hours a week.
Before starting work, brief training is planned on safe and ethical work with patients. Presumably, mainly about how not to read "Fifty Shades of Grey" aloud and why it's better to leave Latvian crime chronicles at home.
"Finally someone understood we need more than YouTube videos!" comments local resident Jānis. "Now we just need to find someone who can read without moving their lips."
The project is planned for April and May - just in time when the warmth draws residents to the beach, but these brave volunteers will choose to sit indoors with books. True Liepāja patriots!
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