Superheroes bring some festive cheer to children in hospital

It was quite a sight to behold… A bunch of ‘superheroes’, including Spider-Man, Superman and Wonder Woman, abseiled the walls of Mater Dei Hospital last Saturday in a bid to bring some Christmas cheer to children receiving treatment there. Father Christmas and his companion, Mary, also joined in the vertiginous feat. [attach id=1006274 size="medium" align="right" type="image"][/attach] As they waved to the children while carefully going down the slippery walls, the masked adventurers caught a glimpse of the kids smiling and waving back at them. “Their reaction was priceless,” Sean Bartolo, group leader of the Mosta Scout Group, who organised the activity, told Times of Malta. It wasn’t the first time the scout group, which is well experienced in abseiling, organised this event. The scouts have been doing it twice a year since 2016, usually around Easter and Christmas and, each time, they add and offer something different. As from two years ago, after performing the abseiling part, they started visiting the young patients in their rooms and distributing gifts. Last year, they introduced the characters of Father and Mary Christmas  and, this year, real doctors, who are also...