From hearing aids to pagers
By Tim Ferguson, 9 July 2008 10:49
This is one of the trolley phones introduced in 1954 which allowed patients to call home from their bed. At the time of their introduction they were leading edge technology and were in use until the 1980s.
Photo credit: BT
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1. Julian Nicholls
Because of the particular deafness he had, my father had a hearing aid that connected exactly like the picture, up until he died in 1990. Presumably, the body worn part was a bit more sophisticated than the 1948 original.
2. Richard
Photo2: Those trolley phones and the later cordless phones are sadly missed. Their purchase and rental were often funded by charities.
These days, patients - and their callers - have to pay very high charges to expensive private phone contractors.
That seems to be the main reason that mobile phones are banned from NHS hospitals - even from day-rooms & waiting rooms.