St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, a Dutch clinical teaching hospital (topklinisch opleidingsziekenhuis) with main sites in Utrecht and Nieuwegein, gives patients VRelax virtual reality headsets to help them relax before and during medical procedures.

The supplier's client story states the headset is in active use in the emergency department with patients of all ages, providing distraction and relaxation during procedures where calm and cooperation are essential, and that it is also used to prepare patients beforehand so they approach treatment with less anxiety. A video on the same page shows a nurse and an anaesthesiologist describing how VRelax is used in the day treatment department and the early results they are seeing.

VRelax is a Groningen supplier whose library is built from filmed 360-degree nature environments rather than real-time 3D scenes, viewed on a standalone headset without controllers. VRelax states that these virtual nature experiences reduce stress and pain intensity, make treatment more comfortable, increase patient satisfaction and can shorten treatment times. No figures are published for this hospital, and no independent account of this particular deployment was found.