Hospitals Think Big in Effort to Care for Overweight Patients
Daily News; White Plains › July 13, 2004
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OBESE patients are putting a strain on hospital equipment and staff, and extra-size furniture is being made to cope.
The Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) has recently bought a special chair for large patients at New Plymouth's public hospital. The chair is designed to hold a person weighing up to 240kg.See the full content of this document
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Hospitals Think Big in Effort to Care for Overweight Patients
The hospital also has a specially made bed, capable of holding a 300kg person, with another one due to arrive soon.
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