'Anxiety and excitement' over new hospital technology

Staff's initial reaction to equipment mixed

Staff at Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital were anxious but excited to be the first in the British Isles to use a new technology.

EarlySense was launched at the hospital last week with MHKs and dignitaries present for a demonstration of the new kit.

The League of Friends of Ramsey Cottage Hospital raised more than quarter of a million pounds over several years to fund it.

It's the first instalment of the technology in the British Isles, and said to be the largest instalment of it in the world.

Ward manager Valerie Thompson says her initial reaction was mixed: (play audio)