Ninewells Hospital in Dundee has a new CCTV and public address (PA) system.
It covers the hospital entrance and recently completed ‘bus stance’ area. It’s there for safety of staff and visitors and to help enforce Scotland’s no-smoking law in public places. Tayside-based Scottish Communicationswere installers of 16 cameras, digitally recorded in the main reception area. Most of the cameras are high definition, vandal-resistant domes, the installers add. A PA system enables announcements to be continually played enforcing the new no smoking regulations. The cameras have a public safety role, monitoring the approaches to and from the car park and bus stop areas.
What they say
Brian Main, Head of Support Services at Ninewells, said: “The new CCTV installation is something that we are pleased to see in place as it gives the added benefit of a more secure environment in the bus stance areas for staff, visitors and patients, provides additional secure coverage of the staff cycle parking area and assists us to effectively implement and monitor the new smoking controls that have been introduced. The CCTV equipment has been combined with the existing internal systems.” Brian Davidson of Scottish Communications said: “We had a number of discussions with Ninewells management with regard to the design and implementation of the system. The works had to be carried out in a relatively short period of time as the client wished to have the system operational before the new legislation came into force. I believe Ninewells now has a system which gives them the level of control and management they are looking for.”
