Techie Traced Cables From Basement To Maternity Ward And Onto A Roof, Before A Car Crash Revealed The Problem
The Register, Friday, June 6th, 2025
Doctor? Why does this hospital network run in such strange places?
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Geoffrey," who told us about the time he was called out to fix a hospital's access control network - a setup that controlled physical access to different parts of the facility.
"Doors that should be locked were unlocked, cards that should unlock doors wouldn't register," Geoffrey told On Call. "It was a closed network, but absolute chaos, and the onsite engineer couldn't figure out what was going on," he added.
The job needed boots on the ground, and Geoffrey's boots were made for walking in to save the day.