Club to improve outlook of sick children

A club has been set up in Shanghai to offer psychological support to children with chronic diseases, to help them recover and integrate at school and in society.

The club, the first of its kind in China, is part of the Children's Hospital of Fudan University and initially will work with children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

It will gradually expand to help young people who regularly visit for medical consultations on 22 types of chronic disease, such as leukemia, autism and kidney disease.