YOUNG patients having an operation at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital will be able to drive into the operating theatre.
The day unit has been handed the keys to a miniature Jaguar F Pace model for three to seven-year-old.
And for those children unable to reach the pedals, there is a remote control for parents.
The kit car has been donated by Taunton-based A-Plan Insurance and will make youngsters' trips to operating theatre a little less frightening.
The hospital already has a motorised red Jeep for slightly older children.
Patient Lianne was the first to try out the new car and enjoyed the test drive.
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