When Cesare Chez Crispigni and his bandmates — all between 77 and 80 years old — strike up a song in the waiting rooms of Princess Alexandra Hospital visitors start tapping their feet and singing along, bringing a bit of joy, staff say, to what can be an overwhelming place.
"I think it's the music — music saved my life. I think everyone should play music.""The joy I see on the patients' [faces], the family, the staff — that's what I thrive on — I become a better person," he said, with no sign his age, or his heart, would be slowing him down anytime soon.
Clinical nurse at the hospital, Nina Simpson, said the role Mr Crispigni and his fellow musicians played brought"joy and happiness" to the waiting rooms."It's quite nice for them [the patients] to think about something else other than their treatment or what they are coming to see the doctor for," Ms Simpson said.She also thinks the music would be beneficial for recovery.
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