UK-based wireless telecommunications provider, Vilicom, has completed a successful deployment of two in-building wireless networks that will support the continued efforts of NHS staff during the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
The new networks will provide a robust and seamless connection for critical tools and communications channels at the newly-constructed NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow and the NHS Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham.
The new sites, based at Glasgow’s SEC and Birmingham’s NEC arenas, now house treatment centres with a capacity to hold 496 and 516 beds respectively.
Vilicom was tasked with providing intricate configuration and integration of new systems, while decommissioning existing legacy networks.
“Our call to action was immediate,” says Sean Keating, chief executive of Vilicom.
“We had just 24 hours to define the scope of the project and, within 48 hours, we had designed and reviewed our operation and began to co-ordinate and mobilise in-house resources, third-party service partners and vendors.
“For context, we typically allow for a one-to-two-week timeframe for design and implementation once the scope of the work has been established.
“However, the network was fully functional in just 72 hours.”
