Stories
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How hospital care fails disabled bodies
Hospitals aim to make sick people well. But if the sick person is also disabled, the unbending nature of monolithic hospital systems can easily worsen the situation. Here Jamie Hale writes from painful personal experience.
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Patient Certificates and Notices: Admission date
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: early 20th century - mid 20th centuryReference: MS.6339/2Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
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Patient Certificates and Notices: Admission date 1898
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.6331/5Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
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Patient Certificates and Notices: Admission date 1925
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: early 20th century - mid 20th centuryReference: MS.6340/4Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
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Patient Certificates and Notices: Admission date 1916
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: early 20th century - mid 20th centuryReference: MS.6337/2Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
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Patient Certificates and Notices: Admission date 1894
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.6331/1Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital