Patient headwall unit

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides an integral patient headwall unit adapted to be hung from the patient headwall between adjacent beds.
The unit includes a generally rectangular vertically elongated central section having means therein for accommodating electrical services and means for making such services available at the exterior of the unit for use at either of the beds.
A vertically elongated lighting section is fabricated integrally with and affixed to either side of the central section, each of the lighting sections being of a heighth generally equal to the central section.
Each lighting section includes a reading light, a general room illumination light and means for directing the light rays from a reading light downwardly, outwardly and forwardly onto the upper section of the bed positioned thereby.
Means are provided for switching the reading and general room illumination lights, both on the unit itself and by remote control.