Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony
• VHS Release Date: April 18, 1995
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302276349
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,668 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When Big Bird wakes up feeling sick, Maria takes him to the hospital. It's pretty frightening at first, but he soon learns that everyone at the hospital is working to make him feel better.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for 3 year olds!, June 19, 2000

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Janey L. Mason "viviansmom" (Carlsbad, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street - Visits the Hospital [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is my daughter's all time favorite video. It presents a realistic view of what happens in the hospital without frightening impressionable three year olds. The main song, "You Have to be Patient to be a Patient" is a good one to have in your parental bag of tricks.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent at dispelling kids' fears about the hospital, August 3, 2002

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Christopher Jennings (Olympia, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sesame Street - Visits the Hospital [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As dad of a child who was first diagnosed with a form of leukemia at 23 months, and then a second form at 3 yrs, I came to know this video while staying with her in the hospital. Now 5 yrs old, in remission for both leukemias, and about to go off treatment altogether, she still must spend one day in hospital a month for chemotherapy and an IV-IG immune system boost. This video is the first thing she asks for when she gets to the hospital. In fact, her regular nurse usually has it waiting in the room when she checks in.

Sesame Street's "Visit to the Hospital" does an excellent job acquainting young children with the routines of the hospital, and of dispelling their fears of standard procedures, doctors and nurses, and hospital stays, in general. It tells its story with humor, music and compasion. Invariably, I enjoy watching it too; at least the first time through each stay.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for young children going to the hospital., March 26, 2011

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Kelly - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sesame Street - Visits the Hospital [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a must have for parents and grandparents to have, to calm fears of a young child ( 8 and under ) that has to go in to the hospital. We have been watching this all week getting our 5 year old grandson ready for heart surgery.It has been a blessing to our family. The only thing that they could have done better is to get this on a DVD.