National Paralympic Heritage Trust
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Discover > Speaker Name: Dot Tussler

How the hospital has changed

Dot compares the Stoke Mandeville hospital site then and now.

Social life at the hospital in the 1980s

Dot recalls the social life at the hospital, with staff living in on-site accommodation at the NSIC and hosting parties for patients.

Camping with patients in the 1980s

Physiotherapist Dot talks about taking two patients camping in the 1980s and how boundaries have changed.