‘Paging Dr. VT320, paging Dr. VT320’

 Writes a contributor to Reddit’s section devoted to all things “mildly interesting:”

“This is the computer (pictured above) which controls the paging system at the hospital where I work.”

The audience found this much more than mildly interesting, as the post attracted more than 500 comments and 13,000 up-votes.

The comments were split between those who see a disaster in the making:

“You may find it funny, but aging hardware and obsolete systems plague medical facilities, and when those critical old pieces fail, it costs the facility many times more capital and labor power to restore critical systems, and risks patient health and safety.”

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