From hearing aids to pagers
By Tim Ferguson, 9 July 2008 10:49
In the 1970s and 1980s BT did a lot of work around paging technology allowing doctors and nurses to be contacted easily when they were needed.
This is the third version of the device which came out in 1986.
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.