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The Hospital That Silenced the Machines

The Hospital That Silenced the Machines
Photograph: Reasons to be Cheerful

In 2023, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust launched a three-year pilot to cut ward noise by replacing audible buzzers with mobile alerts sent to assigned staff. The postpartum unit had rung over 100 times daily. Background noise on intensive care units often averages 50 to 70 decibels, exceeding the World Health Organization's 30-decibel rest threshold.

Source: The Hospital That Silenced the Machines — Reasons to be Cheerful

A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Oct 5, 2026.

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