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Poster advertising the British Red Cross Medical Loan Service
Production date
Circa 1980s
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The poster shows a volunteer helping a man in a wheelchair borrowed from the British Red Cross.
Poster reads: 'Medical Loan: Many kinds of equipment may be borrowed on short term loan from the Red Cross. they can help sick and convalescent people being looked after at home. Wheelchairs are in demand by visitors or holidaymakers who are not able to bring their own'. Ref. 3347
Poster reads: 'Medical Loan: Many kinds of equipment may be borrowed on short term loan from the Red Cross. they can help sick and convalescent people being looked after at home. Wheelchairs are in demand by visitors or holidaymakers who are not able to bring their own'. Ref. 3347
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History
The medical loan service began in 1919 when the British Red Cross decided to lend surplus equipment, such as wheelchairs and crutches used during the First Word War, to people who could not afford to purchase these items. This service continues today to lend wheelchairs and other mobility aids to people in need.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the British Red Cross has supplied wheelchairs to more than 30 hospitals up across the UK, including the Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham. We have also been using our wheelchairs to help people get home after their hospital treatment.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the British Red Cross has supplied wheelchairs to more than 30 hospitals up across the UK, including the Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham. We have also been using our wheelchairs to help people get home after their hospital treatment.
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2343/10(6)
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