FROM WARD

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 37, 6 April 1928, Page 13

FROM WARD—

HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND RADIO,. A bright and cheerful létter comes from a paticnt in one of the city hos--pitals. She tells of the pleasure which she derives from listening in, especially to the children’s session. In the, course of her letter she says:- . "Perhaps I had better ‘sort of introduce myself,’ though I feel I know you quite well, having listened in for se long. I have been in ward — for many’ months, eighteen to be exact (bub don't breathe it to a soul, as it is a~ disgraceful long time to lie in bed and be so lazy) on a Bradford frame, but, God willing, I shal) not have much longer to stay, two or three months, erhaps. ... Once, when I was moved into the big ward after an operation, a little girl of 11 or 12 was put on our veranda for a day or two, and of course she was able to use my earphones, Well, it was lovely to see how she enjoyed it all, being the first time she had ever listencd in, and when Uncle Tom, or whichever uncle it happened to be, said anything or asked questions, she would immediately answer, thinking that he could hear ler.