Radio in hospitals

One of the most useful fields for radio is the reception of broadcasting in hospitals. Besides the benefit to patients through the entertainment provided, medical authorities testify to the actual therapeutic value of the mental relief thus afforded. The Bureau of Standards is assisting in the technical phases of current movements to equip many thousands of hospital beds with radio service. Since the middle of March of this year S. L. Rothafel, managing director of the Capitol Theatre, New York, I Y., and his broadcasting artists have been raising funds for the installation of radio in the United States military service hospitals. A technical committee of Government experts (representing the Signal Corps, Navy Department, and Bureau of Standards) is furnishing technical advice as to the material and method of installation for these hospitals. The first hospitals equipped were Walter Reed General Army Hospital, Naval Hospital, and Mount Alto Veterans Bureau Hospital, all located in Washington, D. C.